New Digitized Moving Images Now Available!
“Construction of the Royal Oak Theatre, 1936.” City of Burnaby Archives, Andy Digney. Moving Image ID #562-002-1
Under the direction of the Community Heritage Commission,the …
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Tutti-Fruitti
This summer, the Burnaby Village Museum is exploring the history of agriculture in Burnaby. Visit the museum to see old-fashioned garden tools, find out how people preserved their harvest to eat over …
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Keeping your cool
Did you ever wonder how people kept food fresh in the days before refrigeration? On hot summer days, perishable foods could be kept fresh using evaporative coolers.
Evaporative coolers take advantage…
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All aboard!
Up until the 1950s, the B.C. Electric Railway Company (BCER) operated a network of electric trams and streetcars that moved people and freight throughout the Fraser Valley and Metro Vancouver area. Th…
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