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House construction

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1912] (date of original), copied 1977
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of four men in work clothes posed in front of a house under construction. The two people in the middle are holding plastering spatulas, and the two men on the outside are holding a hoe and a mattock. Annotations on the back of the photograph read: "Plasterers at house Bruce Patterson bu…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of four men in work clothes posed in front of a house under construction. The two people in the middle are holding plastering spatulas, and the two men on the outside are holding a hoe and a mattock. Annotations on the back of the photograph read: "Plasterers at house Bruce Patterson built at Edmonds. No date." and "c. 1930s" An annotation and earlier catalogue record notes that the caption on the back of the original photo read: "Bruce the first house he ever built." "Bruce" has been identified as Charles Bruce Patterson (standing to the left of the frame) by his grandson, Raymond Reitsma.
Subjects
Construction Tools and Equipment
Occupations - Labourers
Names
Patterson, Charles Bruce
Patterson Company
Accession Code
HV977.99.12
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[1912] (date of original), copied 1977
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-07-11
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Pile driver at work

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3497
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1919]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 13.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a pile driver building a structure in the middle of a recently logged area at an unidentified location.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 13.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a pile driver building a structure in the middle of a recently logged area at an unidentified location.
History
Liklely the Bloedel Stewart and Welch built a trestle over the Campbell River in Spring 1925. BS&W acquired a timber lease on the south side of the Campbell River in order to access operations at Sayward. This is now the site of the John Hart Hydro Dam.
Subjects
Construction Tools and Equipment
Industries - Forestry
Accession Code
HV975.33.3m
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Date
[1919]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2/2/2010
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Image from personal photograph album of Tom "Tommy" Irvine (HV975.33.3)
Images
Less detail

Squaring up beams

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1919]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 13.5 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of two labourers, each with a adze in their hands, taking a break from squaring up beams. The location has not been identified.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 13.5 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of two labourers, each with a adze in their hands, taking a break from squaring up beams. The location has not been identified.
Subjects
Occupations - Labourers
Construction Tools and Equipment
Accession Code
HV975.33.3af
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Date
[1919]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2/2/2010
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Image from personal photograph album of Tom "Tommy" Irvine (HV975.33.3)
Images
Less detail