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Wood shaver, cleaver, and porcelain beaker
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription9524
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1975
- Collection/Fonds
- Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 9.9 x 13.6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of wooden planer, cleaver, porcelain beaker with stir stick, and wood shavings on top of wooden counter inside Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co., 1620 Government Street, Victoria. Large cabinet with drawers is visible behind.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 9.9 x 13.6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of wooden planer, cleaver, porcelain beaker with stir stick, and wood shavings on top of wooden counter inside Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co., 1620 Government Street, Victoria. Large cabinet with drawers is visible behind.
- Accession Code
- BV017.7.334
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1975
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 20-Aug-2018
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Wood shed at Tom Irvine's house
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1855
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- December 1974
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 25 x 20 cm reprint
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the interior of the wood shed by Tom Irvine's house in its original location on Laurel Street in Central Burnaby. The house was constructed in 1911 and later moved to the Burnaby Village Museum in 1975.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 25 x 20 cm reprint
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the interior of the wood shed by Tom Irvine's house in its original location on Laurel Street in Central Burnaby. The house was constructed in 1911 and later moved to the Burnaby Village Museum in 1975.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Other
- Names
- Irvine, Tom
- Geographic Access
- Laurel Street
- Accession Code
- BV005.14.8
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- December 1974
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Ardingley-Sprott Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 10-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "Irvine House December 1974 (reprint from slide)"
- Reprint is a Kodak "Type R" print made from an original col. transparency
- Reference file at BVM includes a col. copy slide of this image
Images
Woodsworth Street from Douglas Road to Norland Avenue - Burnaby Local Improvement Construction Bylaw No. 4, 1972
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport29346
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 22512
- Meeting Date
- 31-Jul-1972
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 48
- Item No.
- 7
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 22512
- Meeting Date
- 31-Jul-1972
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 48
- Item No.
- 7
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Woodsworth Street from Douglas Road to Norland Avenue - Local Improvement Project 72-019
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport27943
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 21289
- Meeting Date
- 30-Jul-1973
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 57
- Item No.
- 4
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 21289
- Meeting Date
- 30-Jul-1973
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 57
- Item No.
- 4
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Woodwards beacon
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19420
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1936
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph looking towards Hastings Street in Vancouver with the Woodwards department store building at the end of the street with it's iconic "W" sign.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph looking towards Hastings Street in Vancouver with the Woodwards department store building at the end of the street with it's iconic "W" sign.
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Accession Code
- BV996.6.104
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1936
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-02-06
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Caption beneath photograph reads: "Woodwards Beacon"
- Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1
Images
Woodward's Furniture Fair Warehouse
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription93697
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- December, 1977
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the exterior of the Furniture Fair Warehouse and Showrooms, located on Winston Street by Burnaby Lake. The photograph is taken from across the railway tracks, facing north.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- December, 1977
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 556-654
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2017-57
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the exterior of the Furniture Fair Warehouse and Showrooms, located on Winston Street by Burnaby Lake. The photograph is taken from across the railway tracks, facing north.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Surridge, Jack
- Notes
- Title taken from project information form
- Accompanied by a project information form and 1 photograph (b&w negative ; 9.5 x 12.5 cm)
- BPL no. 102
- Geographic Access
- Winston Street
- Burnaby Lake
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Lozells (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Government Road Area
Images
Woodwards' men softball champs
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19452
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1936
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Woodwards' men's softball team named the "Deuces". Softball champs in 1936. The softball team, composed of eight players are gathered together in two rows on the baseball field. Crichton Hawkshaw is a member of the team and is identified standing third from the left in the back row.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Woodwards' men's softball team named the "Deuces". Softball champs in 1936. The softball team, composed of eight players are gathered together in two rows on the baseball field. Crichton Hawkshaw is a member of the team and is identified standing third from the left in the back row.
- Subjects
- Sports - Baseball
- Accession Code
- BV996.6.158
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1936
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-02-06
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Caption beneath photograph in album reads: "DEUCES" / WOODWARDS / MEN / Softball CHAMPIONS / "1937"
- Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1
Images
Woodwards' men softball champs
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19453
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1937
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Woodwards' men's softball team named the "Deuces". Softball champs in 1937. The softball team, composed of nine players are gathered together in two rows on the baseball field. Two men in the front row are holding baseball bats and there is one lying in front. Crichton Hawkshaw is a m…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Woodwards' men's softball team named the "Deuces". Softball champs in 1937. The softball team, composed of nine players are gathered together in two rows on the baseball field. Two men in the front row are holding baseball bats and there is one lying in front. Crichton Hawkshaw is a member of the team and is identified standing second from the left in the back row.
- Subjects
- Sports - Baseball
- Accession Code
- BV996.6.159
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1937
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-02-06
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Caption beneath photograph in album reads: "DEUCES" / WOODWARDS / MEN / Softball CHAMPS / "1936""
- Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1
Images
Woodward's National architect : a Victorian guidebook of 1869
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1007
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0892570172
- 9780892570171
- 0916530051
- 9780916530051
- Call Number
- 728 WOO
- Place of Publication
- Watkins Glen, N.Y.
- Publisher
- American Life Foundation
- Publication Date
- 1977
- c1869
- Physical Description
- ca. 200 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Architecture
- Notes
- Reprint of the ed., published by G.E. Woodward, New York.
Woodworking planes : a descriptive register of wooden planes
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7309
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 621.9 SEL
- Author
- Sellens, Alvin
- Place of Publication
- Augusta, Ks.
- Publisher
- [s.n.]
- Publication Date
- 1978
- Physical Description
- 232 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Woodworking tools--Amateurs' manuals
- Industrial arts
- Woodwork
- Planes (Hand tools)
- Notes
- "Privately printed."
Woodyard on Norland Avenue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport62200
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 54950
- Meeting Date
- 2-Nov-1931
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 54950
- Meeting Date
- 2-Nov-1931
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Work at Confederation Park
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport55499
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 71610
- Meeting Date
- 5-Jun-1935
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 71610
- Meeting Date
- 5-Jun-1935
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Work Done at Confederation Park
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport55052
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 71158
- Meeting Date
- 6-Oct-1937
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 71158
- Meeting Date
- 6-Oct-1937
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Work done by Vancouver Parks Board in Central Park
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport65389
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 56481
- Meeting Date
- 1-Dec-1930
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 56481
- Meeting Date
- 1-Dec-1930
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Work Done in Front of Home on Burris Street
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport54969
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 71074
- Meeting Date
- 23-Nov-1938
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 71074
- Meeting Date
- 23-Nov-1938
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Workers and their trucks outside of United Fraser Growers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription10550
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1938 and 1945] (date of original), 2019 (date of duplication)
- Collection/Fonds
- Herbert Yee Law family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of workers standing near their trucks out front of the United Fraser Growers Ltd store, at its Keefer Street location.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Herbert Yee Law family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of workers standing near their trucks out front of the United Fraser Growers Ltd store, at its Keefer Street location.
- History
- The United Fraser Growers Co-operative operated from 1934 until 1957. The head office was at 256 East Georgia in the 1930s and 341 Keefer Street in the 1940s and 1950s. The company was a wholesaler that purchased produce from Chinese farmers.
- Accession Code
- BV019.11.2
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1938 and 1945] (date of original), 2019 (date of duplication)
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 08-Feb-2019
- Scale
- 96
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Workers outside of United Fraser Growers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription10549
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1938 and 1945] (date of original), 2019 (date of duplication)
- Collection/Fonds
- Herbert Yee Law family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of workers standing out front of the United Fraser Growers Ltd store, at its Keefer Street location. Herbert Law (Yee Law) is standing fourth from left. Law later purchased farmland in Burnaby.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Herbert Yee Law family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of workers standing out front of the United Fraser Growers Ltd store, at its Keefer Street location. Herbert Law (Yee Law) is standing fourth from left. Law later purchased farmland in Burnaby.
- History
- The United Fraser Growers Co-operative operated from 1934 until 1957. The head office was at 256 East Georgia in the 1930s and 341 Keefer Street in the 1940s and 1950s. The company was a wholesaler that purchased produce from Chinese farmers.
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Accession Code
- BV019.11.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1938 and 1945] (date of original), 2019 (date of duplication)
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 08-Feb-2019
- Scale
- 96
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Work For Amount of Relief Received
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport63501
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 55597
- Meeting Date
- 30-May-1932
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 55597
- Meeting Date
- 30-May-1932
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Work group from the Bay
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4647
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of staff who worked at the "Mirror Room" which was the dressmaking department at "The Bay" department store. Flossie Parsons (nee Smith) is identified in the third row, third person from the left.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of staff who worked at the "Mirror Room" which was the dressmaking department at "The Bay" department store. Flossie Parsons (nee Smith) is identified in the third row, third person from the left.
- History
- Flossie Maude Parsons (nee Smith) was born to George Henry Smith, a farm labourer, and Harriet Ann Savage on February 13, 1896 in Ealing, England. She immigrated to Canada with some of her family members in the early 1920s. They lived in Winnipeg for a few years as an older brother had settled there in 1912. She married Herbert Russell Parsons on June 23, 1928. They first lived in Vancouver and finally bought a home at 7091 Jubilee Avenue, South Burnaby in the early 1930s. In 1943, Flossie was certified in Home Nursing. Herbert Parsons was active during the Second World War as a volunteer for Civil Defence in Burnaby and worked as a salesman for Woodwards. The couple had no children. Herbert passed away on May 23rd, 1957 (age 84) and Flossie passed away on April 6, 1996 (age 100).
- Other Title Information
- Title based on content of photograph
- Accession Code
- BV017.38.12
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Date
- 26-Mar-2018
Images
Working on an Austin 7
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription53956
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1933 and 1940]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w copy negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a man working on a Austin 7 (looks to be the 1933 model). He is standing in overalls with a cloth in his hand, holding the passenger side door open. There is a tire on the ground at his feet.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1933 and 1940]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Kay North subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w copy negative ; 35 mm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 269-003
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1991-38
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a man working on a Austin 7 (looks to be the 1933 model). He is standing in overalls with a cloth in his hand, holding the passenger side door open. There is a tire on the ground at his feet.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Automobiles
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph