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Royal Oak Motors

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[between 1946 and 1956]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 19.2 x 25.4 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Royal Oak Motors Limited service station located at 3439 Kingsway (later renumbered 5103 & 5057 Kingsway). The service station has a neon sign with an eagle and name "Richfield" (for Richfield Oil) hanging over the gas pumps and entrance. The service station was first named Royal …
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 19.2 x 25.4 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Royal Oak Motors Limited service station located at 3439 Kingsway (later renumbered 5103 & 5057 Kingsway). The service station has a neon sign with an eagle and name "Richfield" (for Richfield Oil) hanging over the gas pumps and entrance. The service station was first named Royal Oak Garage and was operated by Stan Cullen. In 1946, Stan Cullen retired and his son Wally Cullen took over the business changing the name to Royal Oak Motors Limited. Wally's sons took over the business in 1974 and sold the property in 1976.
Subjects
Buildings - Commercial - Service Stations
Names
Royal Oak Garage
Geographic Access
Kingsway
Street Address
5103 Kingsway
Accession Code
BV993.28.30
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[between 1946 and 1956]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Marlborough Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2024-04-16
Photographer
Dominion Photo Company
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photographers logo and numbering in lower left corner reads: "30280 / DOMINION / PHOTO CO. / VANCOUVER"
Images
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Switchboard

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1943
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.0 x 25.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the interior of a switchboard, probably the Dexter exchange at Boundary Road and Kingsway. A typed description on the back of the photograph reads, "A Manual Switchboard, typical of about 25 years ago. / Dexter, 1943. / B.C. Telephone Company."
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1943
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Photographs subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.0 x 25.5 cm
Material Details
Printed on photo paper: "selo"
Description Level
Item
Record No.
114-001
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS2007-04
Scope and Content
Photograph of the interior of a switchboard, probably the Dexter exchange at Boundary Road and Kingsway. A typed description on the back of the photograph reads, "A Manual Switchboard, typical of about 25 years ago. / Dexter, 1943. / B.C. Telephone Company."
Subjects
Telecommunication Tools and Equipment
Buildings - Commercial
Occupations - Telephone Operators
Names
British Columbia Telephone Company
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Dominion Photo Company
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Printed in bottom left corner of photograph, "27038 Dominion Photo Co., Vancouver B.C."
Geographic Access
Boundary Road
Kingsway
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Garden Village Area
Images
Less detail