Miss Burnaby contestants
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1971]
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of contestants onstage at Miss Burnaby pageant. Melodie Spring (Miss Burnaby 1970) is standing at the podium. Contestants include; Freda Joy, Jeanie Fraser, Willie De La Ferrard, Carol Maillox, Sheila Nash, Sheila Nicholson, Michelle Gay, Leslie Brenner and Joan Fruin.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Series
- Copan album series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of contestants onstage at Miss Burnaby pageant. Melodie Spring (Miss Burnaby 1970) is standing at the podium. Contestants include; Freda Joy, Jeanie Fraser, Willie De La Ferrard, Carol Maillox, Sheila Nash, Sheila Nicholson, Michelle Gay, Leslie Brenner and Joan Fruin.
- Subjects
- Events - Pageants
- Celebrations - Centennials
- Names
- Spring, Melodie
- Nicholson, Sheila
- Fruin, Joan
- Joy, Freda
- Fraser, Jeanie
- De La Ferrrd, Willie
- Mailloux, Carol
- Nash, Sheila
- Gay, Michelle
- Brenner, Leslie
- Accession Code
- BV005.54.157
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1971]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- July 21, 2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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Threshing outfit in Burnaby on Fraser River
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 8.9 cm ; copy print
- Material Details
- "Ist Threshing outfit in Burnaby, about 1892. / Owned by Pat Byrne, brother of Peter. Sold to / Peter when Pat returned to Ireland to live. / ON Fraser River. L. to R. : Pat Byrne, Capt. Stewart / of "Alice", Peter Byrne and Another (unknown)." on typewritten label on front of photograph. "Columbian files" written on verso in black pen.
- Scope and Content
- Threshing machine on paddlewheel barge on river. Five men standing on barge.
- History
- Part of a set of photographs from the Columbian Newspaper, which operated out of New Westminster under this name starting in 1900 until its dissolution in 1988. Photographs found in the collection of the Burnaby Village are dated 1971.
- Other Title Information
- title based on note on front of photograph
- Names
- Byrne, Pat
- Accession Code
- BV018.19.2
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1892]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 24-04-2018
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Large house in a field
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; copy print ; 14 cm x 20 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a large home in the background with some building to the left of it. There is some snow on the ground.
- Other Title Information
- title based on content of photograph
- Accession Code
- BV017.47.2
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 300
- Scan Date
- 29-Apr-18
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Tram on railroad tracks
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; copy print ; 12 cm x 18.5cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a tram on railroad tracks. There are telephone/power poles on both sides of the tracks. There is a train signal sign in the foreground. There is some snow on the ground.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; copy print ; 12 cm x 18.5cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a tram on railroad tracks. There are telephone/power poles on both sides of the tracks. There is a train signal sign in the foreground. There is some snow on the ground.
- Other Title Information
- title based on content of photograph
- Accession Code
- BV017.47.3
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 300
- Scan Date
- 29-Apr-18
Less detail
Boy crouched in a field
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 17cm ; copy print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a young blond boy dressed in a light colored shirt and dark pants with his hands on his knees in a crouch position. In the background there is a building and there is a white railroad crossing sign on the right.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 17cm ; copy print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a young blond boy dressed in a light colored shirt and dark pants with his hands on his knees in a crouch position. In the background there is a building and there is a white railroad crossing sign on the right.
- Other Title Information
- title based on content of photograph
- Accession Code
- BV017.47.4
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 300
- Scan Date
- 29-Apr-18
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Children in front of a school house
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; copy print ; 14 cm x 23.5cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of 19 boys and girls posing in front of the stairs of a wood shingled building. Everyone is wearing long sleeve tops and shorts or skirts. Most wearing rain boots.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; copy print ; 14 cm x 23.5cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of 19 boys and girls posing in front of the stairs of a wood shingled building. Everyone is wearing long sleeve tops and shorts or skirts. Most wearing rain boots.
- Other Title Information
- title based on content of photograph
- Accession Code
- BV017.47.6
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 300
- Scan Date
- 29-Apr-18
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Edith Metcalf sitting on a bakery truck.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1923
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; copy print ; 14 cm x 8.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Woman holding a small, brown dog, sitting in a bread delivery truck. The word "Bread" can be seen on the side of the vehicle and "Phone 3X 14".
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; copy print ; 14 cm x 8.5 cm
- Material Details
- "1923" written in pen on the top of the photo. "Mrs. Metcalfe / Bakery truck" written in pen on the back of the photo.
- Scope and Content
- Woman holding a small, brown dog, sitting in a bread delivery truck. The word "Bread" can be seen on the side of the vehicle and "Phone 3X 14".
- Other Title Information
- Title based on contents.
- Accession Code
- BV018.20.3
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Date
- 1923
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 17-Jul-18
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Alice Sparman with group of children
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [193-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Gerald F. Sanders and Alice Sparman Sanders fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 11.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Group photograph of seventeen children pictured outside. Alice Sparman in front row, far right, wearing dark jacket. In background: trees, hillside with scrub, and log cabin with woodpile. Shadow of photographer on lower right.
Sparman family
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [193-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Gerald F. Sanders and Alice Sparman Sanders fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w print ; 7.6 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Sparman family pictured outside with trees in background. Front row left to right: Alice Sparman, Nester Sparman holding May Sparman on lap, Lester Sparman, Marie Sparman. Back row left to right: Elizabeth Marie Sparman and Lillian "Lil" Sparman.
Comic foreground novelty photograph
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13.0 x 9.0 cm print ; 26.5 x 33.5 cm print in folder
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of couple in a comic foreground novelty photograph. A comic foreground generally consistes of a comedic painted image with holes cut-out where the heads of the figures in the image should be. Sitters then stand behind the image and place their faces into the cut-out holes to comedic effe…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13.0 x 9.0 cm print ; 26.5 x 33.5 cm print in folder
- Material Details
- Photograph is housed in a beige, thin card, tri-fold folder with rectangular cut-out to view image. Folder has navy blue pinstripe detail around cut-out. Navy blue text above cut-out reads: "A Souvenir Comic Photo". Navy blue text below the cut-out reads: "From the FLAME SUPPER CLUB / VANCOUVER, B.C.".
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of couple in a comic foreground novelty photograph. A comic foreground generally consistes of a comedic painted image with holes cut-out where the heads of the figures in the image should be. Sitters then stand behind the image and place their faces into the cut-out holes to comedic effect.
Phil and Marg McClaughlin are pictured in the photograph. Phil is standing behind an illustration of a sharp dressed man wearing a fedora and holding a cigar in one hand. In his other hand, the man holds an over-sized martini glass containing the figure of a scantily clad woman. Marg is standing behind the image of the woman seated in the martini glass.
- History
- The Flame Supper Club was located on the Grandview Highway between Smith and Boundary Road. The address was later given as 3776 Canada Way. The club was touted in advertisements as having "Vancouver's Largest Cabaret Dance Floor". It opened in 1947 and was sold in 1971.
- Names
- Flame Supper Club
- Accession Code
- BV019.1.1
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 13-Feb-2019
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Less detail
Comic foreground novelty photograph
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13.0 x 9.0 cm print ; 26.5 x 33.5 cm print in folder
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of couple in a comic foreground novelty photograph. A comic foreground generally consistes of a comedic painted image with holes cut-out where the heads of the figures in the image should be. Sitters then stand behind the image and place their faces into the cut-out holes to comedic effe…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13.0 x 9.0 cm print ; 26.5 x 33.5 cm print in folder
- Material Details
- Photograph is housed in a beige, thin card, tri-fold folder with rectangular cut-out to view image. Folder has navy blue pinstripe detail around cut-out. Navy blue text above cut-out reads: "A Souvenir Comic Photo". Navy blue text below the cut-out reads: "From the FLAME SUPPER CLUB / VANCOUVER, B.C.".
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of couple in a comic foreground novelty photograph. A comic foreground generally consistes of a comedic painted image with holes cut-out where the heads of the figures in the image should be. Sitters then stand behind the image and place their faces into the cut-out holes to comedic effect.
Phil and Marg McClaughlin are pictured in the photograph. Marg is standing behind an illustration of a scantily clad woman who is running. Phil is standing behind the image of a clawed, furred animal wearing striped boxer shorts.
Text printed beneath the painted image reads: "IT HAPPENED AT / THE Flame VAN B.C.".
- History
- The Flame Supper Club was located on the Grandview Highway between Smith and Boundary Road. The address was later given as 3776 Canada Way. The club was touted in advertisements as having "Vancouver's Largest Cabaret Dance Floor". It opened in 1947 and was sold in 1971.
- Names
- Flame Supper Club
- Accession Code
- BV019.1.2
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 16/8/2006
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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Four Love sisters
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1970-1980]
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; copy print ; 8.8 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of four older women posing for photograph in building lobby. From left to right are: Phoebe Love Feedham, Minnie Love Mackenzie, Esther (Eddie) Love Stanley, and Sarah Love Parker. There are palms and other large plants in the background.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Series
- Love family photographs series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; copy print ; 8.8 x 12 cm
- Material Details
- Written on the verso in black ink: "A. Phoebe, A. Minnie, A. Eddie, / Grams. / 4 Love sisters"
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of four older women posing for photograph in building lobby. From left to right are: Phoebe Love Feedham, Minnie Love Mackenzie, Esther (Eddie) Love Stanley, and Sarah Love Parker. There are palms and other large plants in the background.
- History
- Photograph is from the Love farmhouse. The house was lived in by generations of the Love family. Jesse and Martha Love's daughter, Sarah Love married William Parker and their daughter, Elsie (later Hughes) is the donor's mother. The objects were in the house when the donor lived in the house.
- Names
- Feedham, Phoebe Leonard Love
- McKenzie, Edith Minnie Love
- Stanley, Esther Love
- Parker, Sarah Maria Love
- Accession Code
- BV019.8.7
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1970-1980]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 18-Mar-19
- Scale
- 96
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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Werner (Ollie) Ohl with 1223 tram
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1985 - 1995]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; copy print ; 15 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Werner (Ollie) Ohl stands on the left side of the photo with his left foot on the bottom step leading up to the door of the 1223 tram, which is to the right, at the Burnaby Village Museum.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; copy print ; 15 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Werner (Ollie) Ohl stands on the left side of the photo with his left foot on the bottom step leading up to the door of the 1223 tram, which is to the right, at the Burnaby Village Museum.
- History
- Werner (Ollie) Ohl (1925-2014) was born in Germany, moving to Canada at age 4 in around 1930. He grew up on the property located at 2833 Laurel Street in Burnaby. The property had turkeys and cows, etc. and was close to Tommy Irvine's house. He attended Douglas Road School. He served in WWII and married Shirley Cole (donor) in 1949. He worked with BC Electric right out of the army, first driving the trams until they stopped running then he drove buses and then in 1962, he worked in the rail yard. The couple moved to Coquitlam in the 1950s and had four daughters. Werner (Ollie) was a volunteer who worked on the restoration of the 1233 Interurban on display at the Burnaby Village Museum.
- Names
- Ohl, Werner "Ollie"
- Accession Code
- BV019.22.4
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1985 - 1995]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 18-Mar-19
- Scale
- 96
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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Love House going south on Cumberland Street
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Love farmhouse moving south on Cumberland Street by little park where kitchen had been placed temporarily. The house is being moved from it's original site at 7651 Cumberland Street to the site of the Burnaby Village Museum.
Love farmhouse and new administration building
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1989]
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Love farmhouse and the back of the new administration building at Burnaby Village Museum. Exposed soil is in the foreground.
Love farmhouse
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1989]
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Love farmhouse at Burnaby Village Museum before restoration. The new administration building and Hart House are also visible.
Love farmhouse and new administration building
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1989]
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Love farmhouse and the back of the new administration building at Burnaby Village Museum. Exposed soil is in the foreground.
Larry Lee family fonds
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Larry Lee family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 14 photographs + 3 p. of texutal records
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs of the Dragon Inn restaurant in Burnaby, Lee family photographs and certificates awarded to Larry Lee.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Larry Lee family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 14 photographs + 3 p. of texutal records
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs of the Dragon Inn restaurant in Burnaby, Lee family photographs and certificates awarded to Larry Lee.
- History
- Larry Lee was born in Dawan village, Kaiping, Guangdong, China in 1932. As a child, he attended school at the Dawan village primary school, and later the Kaiqiao middle school. During the Second World War, the Japanese army took over parts of Guangdong. Due the circumstances at the time, Larry quit school and returned to the village. He arrived in Vancouver, Canada in 1949 at the age of 16 by plane, which stopped in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tokyo, Guam, Hawaii, and Seattle before reaching its final destination in Vancouver. With no English language skills upon arrival, he attended Sir William Dawson School in Vancouver and was placed in grade five surrounded by mostly white children.
His father Lee Soon was already in Canada many years before Larry arrived, and paid the Chinese head tax to come to Canada. Lee Soon operated the Puss and Boots coffee shop located on Robson Street and Richards Street and was one of the restaurant’s cooks. As a teenager, Larry's first job in Canada was working at the Puss and Boots as a restaurant helper. Later on, he took a full time job working at the Bamboo Terrace restaurant in Chinatown, and was eventually promoted to become a buyer for the restaurant. He met his wife Git Nung Lee "Kathy" who came from Xinhui county, Guangdong, in the 1950s while she was working for the produce wholesaler Tom Yee, which was located on Keefer Street between Gore and Main Street in Chinatown. Kathy's grandfather originally operated a fireworks factory in Vancouver. After an accident which involved an explosion at the factory, her father closed down the company and opened the Fong Lee BBQ Meatshop in Chinatown. Kathy and Larry married in 1958. Larry and Kathy lived in Burnaby where they raised their eight children.
In the late 1950s, Larry and Kathy opened the first Dragon Inn restaurant on Slocan Road and Kingsway area along with seven other partners who mostly originated from Larry's hometown in Kaiping. The business partners eventually parted ways, and a second Dragon Inn restaurant opened in the Willingdon and Kingsway area. The third restaurant, named the Park Inn, opened up at Welwyn Street and Kingsway. A fourth restaurant, also named the Dragon Inn, was established on Willingdon and Hastings Street. Finally, a fifth Dragon Inn restaurant was opened in New Westminster on Columbia Street. Larry retained ownership of the Willingdon and Kingsway location, and sold the remaining businesses. Over the years, he purchased property around the block of his restaurant, and sold the land to developers who constructed the Crystal Mall. Larry and Kathy operated the Grand Buffet restaurant on Kingsway in the late 1990s for five years before they sold the business and retired. The Dragon Inn was known for its exterior neon sign which was removed in 1997.
Larry Lee was a member of the International Association of Lions Club and a duly elected member of the Lions Club of Vancouver Champlain Heights. Larry Lee died in 2019 and his wife Kathy died in 2022.
- Responsibility
- Lee, Larry
- Accession Code
- BV017.37
- BV022.19
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
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Fraser Wilson family
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [191-] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Fraser Wilson family taken in their yard at their home at 1648 Graveley Street, Grandview District, Vancouver. Adney James Wilson (standing, back left); his wife Alexandra Wilson (standing, back right); Frances May Wilson (front left); Catherine McRae (seated, centre); and Fraser …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [191-] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Community Archives Collection series
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-278
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Fraser Wilson family taken in their yard at their home at 1648 Graveley Street, Grandview District, Vancouver. Adney James Wilson (standing, back left); his wife Alexandra Wilson (standing, back right); Frances May Wilson (front left); Catherine McRae (seated, centre); and Fraser Wilson (front right).
- Names
- McRae, Catherine
- Wilson, Adney James
- Wilson, Alexandra
- Wilson, Frances May
- Wilson, Fraser
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Less detail
Wilson family
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [191-] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Adney "Ab" Wilson (front, centre); his wife, Alexandra Wilson (on right); their daughter, Frances May Wilson (on left); and, Catherine McRae (standing), mother of Alexandra Wilson. Photograph was taken in Vancouver, BC.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [191-] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Community Archives Collection series
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-279
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Adney "Ab" Wilson (front, centre); his wife, Alexandra Wilson (on right); their daughter, Frances May Wilson (on left); and, Catherine McRae (standing), mother of Alexandra Wilson. Photograph was taken in Vancouver, BC.
- Names
- McRae, Catherine
- Wilson, Adney "Ab"
- Wilson, Alexandra
- Wilson, Frances May
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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Ellenor Murray's brother
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Collection/Fonds
- Murray family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia (cabinet card) ; 9 x 6 cm, mounted on card 10 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a family of three taken at a photographic studio in Newcastle-On-Tyne. Either the man or the child in the photograph has been identified as Ellenor Murray's brother.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Collection/Fonds
- Murray family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia (cabinet card) ; 9 x 6 cm, mounted on card 10 x 6 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 548-002
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2012-31
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a family of three taken at a photographic studio in Newcastle-On-Tyne. Either the man or the child in the photograph has been identified as Ellenor Murray's brother.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Dickson, Jas.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "Mother's Brother"
- Photographer's studio markings on recto of cabinet card read: "Jas. Dickinson / Newcastle-On-Tyne"
- Photographers studio markings on verso of cabinet card read: "The Portrait / City Gallery / Photographic Artist / Jas Dickinson / Grainger Street Newcastle-On-Tyne / Negatives Kept / Additional Copies Can Always Be Obtained / Portraits of Every Description Enlarged / Portrait Clubs."
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Brothers Earl and Norman Wild
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1925] - 1990
- Collection/Fonds
- Murray family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of brothers Earl and Norman Wild in Idaho, in the United States of America (USA). Norman is holding an unidentified toddler on one arm, and has his other arm around his brother.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1925] - 1990
- Collection/Fonds
- Murray family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 7 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 548-003
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2012-31
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of brothers Earl and Norman Wild in Idaho, in the United States of America (USA). Norman is holding an unidentified toddler on one arm, and has his other arm around his brother.
- Names
- Wild, Norman
- Wild, Earl
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "Norman's brother Earl + Norman. Idaho USA"
Less detail
Earl Wild's property
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Collection/Fonds
- Murray family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a table set outdoors on Earl Wild's property in Idaho, in the United States of America. The table is set for six people.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Collection/Fonds
- Murray family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 7 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 548-004
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2012-31
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a table set outdoors on Earl Wild's property in Idaho, in the United States of America. The table is set for six people.
- Subjects
- Furniture
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "Wild / Earls USA"
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Felled trees
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Collection/Fonds
- Murray family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of felled trees and partially cleared land at an unidentified location. Five people are visible on the logging road between the felled trees.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Collection/Fonds
- Murray family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 548-008
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2012-31
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of felled trees and partially cleared land at an unidentified location. Five people are visible on the logging road between the felled trees.
- Subjects
- Land Clearing
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Adams, Gladstone
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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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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Advisory Planning Commission subseries
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1960]-2012
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 40 folders of textual records + 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of commission records for the Advisory Planning Commission including agendas, minutes, reports, and correspondence and a Commission portrait.
Burnaby Public Library Board subseries
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1960]-2007
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 3 rolls of microfilm + 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of board records for the Burnaby Public Library Board, including appointments, correspondence, and a comissioned portrait.
Transportation Committee subseries
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1960]-2012
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 42 folders of textual records + 28 photographs + 3 rolls of microfilm
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Transportation Committee including agendas, minutes, correspondence, committee reports, a comissioned photograph, and terms of reference.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1960]-2012
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Series
- Council Committee series
- Subseries
- Transportation Committee subseries
- Physical Description
- 42 folders of textual records + 28 photographs + 3 rolls of microfilm
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Transportation Committee including agendas, minutes, correspondence, committee reports, a comissioned photograph, and terms of reference.
- History
- The Transportation Committee was established on February 13, 1978.
From 1973 to 1977, this committee was known as the Transit Committee. It was expanded in 1978 to encompass the role of a Transportation Committee. From 1990 to 2002, the Transportation Committee was named the Traffic and Transportation Committee, also referred to as the Traffic and Transportation Committee (Transportation and Transit Division.) On January 13, 2003, the committee was once again known as the Transportation Committee.
On February 20, 2017 the Transportation Committee was integrated with the Public Safety Committee.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Graphic Material
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Community Archives Collection series
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [188-]-2010
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- Textual records and other materials
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of the Burnaby Historical Society's Community Archives collection. The Society's collection includes photographs, documents, ephemera, oral histories, and other records from a myriad of sources and donors, compiled to document the history of Burnaby.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [188-]-2010
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Community Archives Collection series
- Physical Description
- Textual records and other materials
- Description Level
- Series
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of the Burnaby Historical Society's Community Archives collection. The Society's collection includes photographs, documents, ephemera, oral histories, and other records from a myriad of sources and donors, compiled to document the history of Burnaby.
- History
- The Burnaby Historical was founded in 1957. The Historical Society developed its Community Archives by collecting, compiling, and preserving records with historic value to the City of Burnaby. It gathered documents, photographs, and other items while also soliciting and acquiring entire collections or groups of archival records. In 1991, the Society was provided a permanent space to house their growing collection at the Burnaby Village Museum and they continued to grow their holdings.
Following the creation of the City of Burnaby Archives in 2001, the Society and the City of Burnaby began discussing the possibility of uniting the two collections. In February 2007, an agreement was signed between the two institutions which resulted in the merger of the Society's Community Archives with the City Archives. All records collected by the Society were transferred into the custody of the City and moved from the Burnaby Village Museum to the City Archives in the McGill branch of the Burnaby Public Library.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Sound Recording
- Cartographic Material
- Notes
- Title based on contents of series
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Columbian Newspaper subseries
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1865]-1983
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Photographs
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs from the Columbian Newspaper collected by the Burnaby Historical Society.
Disney Family collection
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1914-1963]
- Collection/Fonds
- Disney Family collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 6 architectural drawings : pencil and ink on paper ; 52 cm x 77 cm and smaller + 1 p. of textual records (40 cm. x 31 cm.) + 1 plan : col. ; 55 cm x 75 cm folded to 28 cm x 10 cm + 1 map : diazo print ; 39 cm x 28 cm.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of maps and plans created and collected by Jack Disney.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1914-1963]
- Collection/Fonds
- Disney Family collection
- Physical Description
- 6 architectural drawings : pencil and ink on paper ; 52 cm x 77 cm and smaller + 1 p. of textual records (40 cm. x 31 cm.) + 1 plan : col. ; 55 cm x 75 cm folded to 28 cm x 10 cm + 1 map : diazo print ; 39 cm x 28 cm.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- 2016-03
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of maps and plans created and collected by Jack Disney.
- History
- John Howard "Jack" Disney served as Burnaby Surveyor from 1911 to 1919.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of collection
- MSS199
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Pioneer Tales subseries
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [191-] (date of original)-1988
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Photographs and textual records
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs compiled by the Mayor's Office for inclusion in the publication "Pioneer Tales of Burnaby" and drafts of the manuscript.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [191-] (date of original)-1988
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Community Archives Collection series
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- Photographs and textual records
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs compiled by the Mayor's Office for inclusion in the publication "Pioneer Tales of Burnaby" and drafts of the manuscript.
- History
- On May 28, 1980 the Mayor and Council of Burnaby held a tea to honour Burnaby “pioneers.” The event was held as part of “Burnaby Funfest Days ‘80” and was meant to recognize members of the community who had resided in Burnaby prior to 1930 and acknowledge their contributions as pioneers of the City. Although approximately 100 people were expected, more than 500 actually attended. Each participant was asked to fill out a brief personal information form outlining their experiences in Burnaby’s earliest days. The response was so favorable that the idea of compiling a book to capture these memories was born. The City hired a writer edit and organize the book they held writing contests to encourage senior residents to share their experiences. Other community members became involved in the project when the City enlisted the help of secondary school students to type manuscripts for those unable to do so and journalism students from the British Columbia Institute of Technology to conduct interviews with additional “pioneers.” The book was published in 1987.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- Mayor's Office
- Notes
- Title based on contents of subseries
- PC204, MSS064
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Aerial of Metro Vancouver
Metro Vancouver from Burnaby Mountain
Aerial map of Burnaby Mountain
Walking bridge on Burnaby Mountain
Tree stump on Burnaby Mountain
Bridge over South Creek on Burnaby Mountain
Cyclist on Burnaby Mountain
Children on Burnaby Mountain
Western red cedar on Burnaby Mountain
Red-flowering currant on Burnaby Mountain
Dogwood tree on Burnaby Mountain
Western red cedar on Burnaby Mountain
Hazel tree on Burnaby Mountain
Western mountain ash tree on Burnaby Mountain
Western mountain ash tree on Burnaby Mountain
Western sword fern on Burnaby Mountain