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The Bird's Paradise, Vancouver, BC

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[between 1930 and 1945]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w postcard hand-tinted into col.
Scope and Content
Photographic postcard of an unidentified man in tweed suit smoking a pipe.There are birds resting on his head, on his pipe and hand, on his shoulder and his forearm. The birds on his hand have been coloured red, and the others are coloured yellow. A caption to the photograph reads: The Birds' Para…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w postcard hand-tinted into col.
Material Details
inscribed in the original negative, printed on recto, c. r. "The Birds' Paradise,/ Vancouver, B.C./ No. 2.", l.l. "[copyright c with circle]" printed on verso, t. "MADE IN CANADA BY THE GOWEN, SUTTON CO. LTD., VANCOUVER, B. C."
Scope and Content
Photographic postcard of an unidentified man in tweed suit smoking a pipe.There are birds resting on his head, on his pipe and hand, on his shoulder and his forearm. The birds on his hand have been coloured red, and the others are coloured yellow. A caption to the photograph reads: The Birds' Paradise / Vancouver, B.C. / No. 2.
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts - Postcards
Animals - Fowl
Geographic Access
Vancouver
Accession Code
BV985.6012.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[between 1930 and 1945]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2024-02-27
Photographer
Gowen Sutton Company Limited
Notes
Title based on contents of postcard
Images
Less detail

Out-of-doors

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5068
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV007.21.23
Call Number
507.1 CRA
Author
Craig, Gerald S. (Gerald Spellman), 1893-1987
Baldwin, Sara E. (Sara Emily)
Contributor
Kay, Gertrude A. (Gertrude Alice), 1884-1939
Spencer, Hugh
Place of Publication
Boston
Publisher
Gin and Company
Publication Date
c1932
Series
Pathways in science ; 2.
Printer
Athenaeum Press
Physical Description
vii, 281 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 20 cm
Inscription
"Mission Creek School" [handwritten in black ink on front endpaper]
Library Subject (LOC)
Science
Juvenile literature
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts - Books
Notes
"Illustrated by Gertrude A. Kay and Hugh Spencer" --t.p.
Author's given name and dates: Craig, Gerald S. (Gerald Spellman), 1893-
Author's given name and dates: Baldwin, Sara E. (Sara Emily)
Illustrator's given name and dates: Kay, Gertrude A. (Gertrude Alice), 1884-1939
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