{"id":143,"date":"2015-04-21T04:37:58","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T04:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/heritage\/?page_id=143"},"modified":"2020-10-28T17:05:30","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T17:05:30","slug":"admiral-seymour","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/heritage\/archives\/elementary-schools\/admiral-seymour\/","title":{"rendered":"Admiral Seymour"},"content":{"rendered":"

Address: 1130 Keefer Street<\/p>\n

1900 – present<\/p>\n

Named for Admiral Sir Edward Hobart Seymour (1840-1929). British naval commander in chief during the Boxer Rebellion (1897-1901).<\/p>\n

The school site is occupied by a wooden building and a masonry building.<\/p>\n

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Date: 1902\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Photo credit: City of Vancouver Archives.)<\/p>\n

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Date: 1906\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The ‘entrance class’ of Seymour School. (Photo credit: City of Vancouver Archives.)<\/p>\n

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Date: 1902\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Front view of building (with turrets).<\/p>\n

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Date: ?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Front view of building (without turrets).<\/p>\n

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Date: 1909\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Class group holding Union Jacks, the national flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain.\u00a0(Photo credit: City of Vancouver Archives.)<\/p>\n

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Date: 1969\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Front entrance of the school.<\/p>\n

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Date: 1959\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Christmas\u00a0celebration: group on left – dressed as Vancouverites; group on right –\u00a0dressed as Australians.<\/p>\n

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Date: 1959\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Students display letters they have written to pen pals in Australia.<\/p>\n

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Date: 1964\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Students in costumes perform a scene from the Christmas story.<\/p>\n

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Date: 1968\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Students place small maple leafs displaying\u00a0the names of individual countries\u00a0on a larger display.<\/p>\n

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Date: 1970\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Students play various percussion instruments in music class at summer school.<\/p>\n

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Date: 1970\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Art students at summer school work on projects.<\/p>\n

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Date: 1970\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Students at summer school carve a totem pole.<\/p>\n

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Date: 1964\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Class musical performance celebrating\u00a0the opening of a new addition to the school.<\/p>\n

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Date: 1973\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A group of students visit the Bloedel Conservatory at Queen Elizabeth Park.<\/p>\n

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Date: 1973\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Group photo of senior classes.<\/p>\n

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Date: 1979\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Students, teachers, and the school principal attend an outdoor ribbon cutting ceremony.<\/p>\n

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