Burnaby's Operation Identification
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45330
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1976, published January 7, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 22.5 x 14.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of municipal workers Bill Ramsay and Greg Finch putting up a sign in preparation for Burnaby's Operation Identification, which was "the largest single crime prevention policy of its kind in Canada" when "47 uniformed officers of the Burnaby detachment [joined] 47 Rotarians from the Burna…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1976, published January 7, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 22.5 x 14.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-225
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of municipal workers Bill Ramsay and Greg Finch putting up a sign in preparation for Burnaby's Operation Identification, which was "the largest single crime prevention policy of its kind in Canada" when "47 uniformed officers of the Burnaby detachment [joined] 47 Rotarians from the Burnaby Kingsway Rotary Club and start door-to-door visits in 800 residences in South Burnaby. The teams [carried] electric engraving pens for marking all property susceptible to theft."
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- King, Basil
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "Burnaby detachment of the RCMP has embarked on the largest single crime prevention policy of its kind in Canada. "Operation Identification" officially kicks off tonight when 47 uniformed officers of the Burnaby detachment will join with 47 Rotarians from the Burnaby Kingsway Rotary Club and start door-to-door visits in 800 residences in South Burnaby. The teams will be carrying electric engraving pens for marking all property susceptible to theft. Municipal workers Bill Ramsay and Greg Finch are shown erecting one of the signs on Canada Way at 14th Avenue as "sidewalk superintendents" Sandra Finch and Corinne Williams look on."
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- 14th Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Edmonds Area
Images
Car Accident
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription80040
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 5, 1997
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 23.5 x 15.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer standing beside an unidentified woman holding her child after a car accident at Marlborough and Kingsway.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 5, 1997
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 23.5 x 15.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-0628
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2012-11
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer standing beside an unidentified woman holding her child after a car accident at Marlborough and Kingsway.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Chow, Chung
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "82% bby p. 14 / Bby Chung Chow / 527"
- Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)
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