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Tram station

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [before 1953]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 7 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Hill or Vorce tram station on the British Columbia Electric Railway Company's Burnaby Lake Line. The wooden station shelter is visible in the distance covered with snow.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 7 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Hill or Vorce tram station on the British Columbia Electric Railway Company's Burnaby Lake Line. The wooden station shelter is visible in the distance covered with snow.

Subjects: Transportation - Electric Railroads

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Geographic Access: Nursery Street

Accession Code: BV005.15.2

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [before 1953]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 01-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Tram Station at Cumberland Road

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [194-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.0 x 6.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a woman sitting on the rail of a wooden walkway into a building. On the side of the building is painted a sign: "Cumberland / Road." Also visible on the wood plank wall is graffiti of a name: "John Mealings." An annotation on the back of the photo reads: "Eileen Bobergs' friend mid …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.0 x 6.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a woman sitting on the rail of a wooden walkway into a building. On the side of the building is painted a sign: "Cumberland / Road." Also visible on the wood plank wall is graffiti of a name: "John Mealings." An annotation on the back of the photo reads: "Eileen Bobergs' friend mid 1940's / Burnaby Lake Tram Station." Stamped on the back of the photo: "205."

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Train Stations

Geographic Access: Cumberland Street; Burnaby Lake Interurban line

Accession Code: HV979.39.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [194-]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Cariboo-Armstrong Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-09-12

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Tram Station at Cumberland Road, [194-] thumbnail

Travelling freight train

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1930 and 1949]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a Seattle bound Great Northern Railway freight train travelling along the tracks and blowing smoke.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a Seattle bound Great Northern Railway freight train travelling along the tracks and blowing smoke.

Subjects: Transportation - Rail

Names: Great Northern Railway

Accession Code: BV985.6114.90

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1930 and 1949]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-03-26

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Handwritten note in black ball-point pen on verso of photograph reads: "G.N. Freight Seattle Bound"

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Travelling freight train, [between 1930 and 1949] thumbnail

Two bulldozers

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [194-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.8 x 11.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two bulldozers, belonging to "Holmes & Wilson Trucking", clearing a lot beside a row of houses. Building materials (bricks and lumber) are piled nearby. This may be related to the construction of the Willingdon Heights subdivision. Stamp on back of photograph reads: "342x."

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.8 x 11.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two bulldozers, belonging to "Holmes & Wilson Trucking", clearing a lot beside a row of houses. Building materials (bricks and lumber) are piled nearby. This may be related to the construction of the Willingdon Heights subdivision. Stamp on back of photograph reads: "342x."

Subjects: Industries - Construction; Buildings - Residential - Houses; Construction Tools and Equipment

Names: Bingham, Alfred "Alf"

Accession Code: HV971.12.76

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [194-]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Willingdon Heights Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-03-21

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Two houses

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [194-] (date of original), copied 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 4.5 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two unidentified houses built on the side of a paved road with no sidewalk. The house in the centre has an awning over its front windows, and a picket fence. The house in the background has rocks lining its yard. The location is unidentified, but it is likely that the photograph was t…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 4.5 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two unidentified houses built on the side of a paved road with no sidewalk. The house in the centre has an awning over its front windows, and a picket fence. The house in the background has rocks lining its yard. The location is unidentified, but it is likely that the photograph was taken in Burnaby.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses

Accession Code: HV976.251.25

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [194-] (date of original), copied 1976

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: 22/8/2006

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Two houses, [194-] (date of original), copied 1976 thumbnail

Two lane tunnel

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1947 and 1957]

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a two lane tunnel on an unidentified roadway. A garden with flowers is between the two tunnel openings.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a two lane tunnel on an unidentified roadway. A garden with flowers is between the two tunnel openings.

Subjects: Structures; Geographic Features - Roads

Accession Code: BV022.32.569

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1947 and 1957]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-09-04

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 2 (BV032.22.431)

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Two lane tunnel, [between 1947 and 1957] thumbnail

Two men and a woman at picnic

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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 ; 6.5 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two unidentified men in suits and hats, and an unidentified woman in a polka dot dress at a picnic. There is a box of food resting on a lawn chair in the centre. The area appears to be a park with a tropical tree just behind the group.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 11 cm

Material Details: stamped on verso, l.r. "B6"

Scope and Content: Photograph of two unidentified men in suits and hats, and an unidentified woman in a polka dot dress at a picnic. There is a box of food resting on a lawn chair in the centre. The area appears to be a park with a tropical tree just behind the group.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Picnics

Accession Code: BV985.5898.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1930 and 1945]

Media Type: Photograph

Related Material: For another photograph of the same picnic, see BV985.5898.2

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-02-27

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Two men and a woman at picnic, [between 1930 and 1945] thumbnail

Two men on road during May Day parade

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [194-]

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two unidentified men standing on the road next to automobiles lined up for Port Moody May Day parade.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two unidentified men standing on the road next to automobiles lined up for Port Moody May Day parade.

Subjects: Events - May Day; Events - Parades

Accession Code: BV022.32.627

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [194-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-08-22

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 2 (BV032.22.431); Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "PORT MOODY / PARADE"; Note in white ink on album page reads: "PORT MOODY PARADE"

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Two men on road during May Day parade, [194-] thumbnail

Two men with truck and trailer

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [194-]

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two men with truck and trailer in a field on a farm. Wooden buildings are visible in the background.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two men with truck and trailer in a field on a farm. Wooden buildings are visible in the background.

Subjects: Transportation - Trucks; Agriculture - Farms

Accession Code: BV022.32.658

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [194-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-08-29

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 2 (BV032.22.431)

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Two men with truck and trailer, [194-] thumbnail

Two men working with logs

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1920 and 1940]

Collection/Fonds: Rhoda Jeffers fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 15 x 9.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two unidentified men working with a logs in front of a wooden building. One man is standing on a pile logs cutting open a bag while the other man is holding onto him with a pair of logging tongs. There is a young boy sitting on some steps looking amused.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Rhoda Jeffers fonds

Series: Jeffers family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 15 x 9.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two unidentified men working with a logs in front of a wooden building. One man is standing on a pile logs cutting open a bag while the other man is holding onto him with a pair of logging tongs. There is a young boy sitting on some steps looking amused.

Accession Code: BV007.20.26

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [between 1920 and 1940]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 13/05/2018

Notes: Title based on content of photograph

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Two men working with logs, [between 1920 and 1940] thumbnail

Two people in row boat on Watch Lake

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1947 and 1957]

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two people in row boat on Watch Lake. Man in foreground is smoking a pipe and woman in stern of boat is holding a fishing rod. Shoreline and woman in boat are visible in the background.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two people in row boat on Watch Lake. Man in foreground is smoking a pipe and woman in stern of boat is holding a fishing rod. Shoreline and woman in boat are visible in the background.

Subjects: Transportation - Boats; Recreational Activities - Fishing

Accession Code: BV022.32.570

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1947 and 1957]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-09-05

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 2 (BV032.22.431)

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Two people in row boat on Watch Lake, [between 1947 and 1957] thumbnail

Two women and a man

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1940 and 1950]

Collection/Fonds: Rhoda Jeffers fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8.5 x 14 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a man in a black suit and vest standing between two women. Woman on the right may be Rhoda Mae Jeffers. The group is standing beside a white house with a bay window.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Rhoda Jeffers fonds

Series: Jeffers family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8.5 x 14 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a man in a black suit and vest standing between two women. Woman on the right may be Rhoda Mae Jeffers. The group is standing beside a white house with a bay window.

Names: Jeffers, Rhoda Mae

Accession Code: BV007.20.22

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [between 1940 and 1950]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 13/05/2018

Notes: Title based on content of photograph

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Two women and a man, [between 1940 and 1950] thumbnail

Ultan Patrick Byrne

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [before 1959]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm (sight) housed in folder 19 x 28 folding to 19 x 14 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ultan Patrick Byrne. Known as "Pat," he was born in 1901 in Burnaby and received his medical degree from the University of Toronto. Pat Byrne died in 1959 in New Westminster and was buried at St. Peter's Cemetery.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm (sight) housed in folder 19 x 28 folding to 19 x 14 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ultan Patrick Byrne. Known as "Pat," he was born in 1901 in Burnaby and received his medical degree from the University of Toronto. Pat Byrne died in 1959 in New Westminster and was buried at St. Peter's Cemetery.

Names: Byrne, Ultan Patrick "Pat"

Accession Code: BV994.14.20

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [before 1959]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-04-23

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Ultan Patrick Byrne, [before 1959] thumbnail

Union Pacific 5903

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [after 1929]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Union Pacific locomotive no. 5903 (built in 1929) stopped at a train station in an unidentified location. A roof with a circular sign reading "10" at the right identifies the gate number.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Union Pacific locomotive no. 5903 (built in 1929) stopped at a train station in an unidentified location. A roof with a circular sign reading "10" at the right identifies the gate number.

Subjects: Transportation - Locomotives; Transportation - Rail

Accession Code: BV985.6114.45

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [after 1929]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-03-19

Notes: Title based on note written on verso of photograph; Handwritten note in black ball-point pen on verso of photograph reads: ""Union Pac 3939"; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "641 F"

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Union Pacific 5903, [after 1929] thumbnail

Vancouver

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [before 1973]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.0 x 11.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a destination sign that reads "Vancouver" on a British Columbia Electric Railway tram. Just below the sign is a label that reads, "BCER 1231-B48."

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.0 x 11.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a destination sign that reads "Vancouver" on a British Columbia Electric Railway tram. Just below the sign is a label that reads, "BCER 1231-B48."

Subjects: Transportation - Electric Railroads

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Geographic Access: Vancouver

Accession Code: HV973.41.8

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [before 1973]

Media Type: Photograph

Related Material: For an earlier donation made by the same donor in regards to BCER tram, see accession HV972.202.

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-05-16

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Vancouver rail yard

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1930 and 1949]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Canadian Pacific rail yard in Vancouver taken from a train. A sign reading: "Malkin's Best" is visible on the roof of a building in the background.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Canadian Pacific rail yard in Vancouver taken from a train. A sign reading: "Malkin's Best" is visible on the roof of a building in the background.

Subjects: Transportation - Rail

Names: Canadian Pacific Railway Company

Geographic Access: Vancouver

Accession Code: BV985.6114.126

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1930 and 1949]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-04-02

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "512 F"

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Vancouver rail yard, [between 1930 and 1949] thumbnail

"Vee for Victory"

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [ca. 1940]

Collection/Fonds: Waplington family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Sarah Waplington standing at the rear of a tractor holding her right hand up two fingers up in a Vee for Victory salute.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Waplington family fonds

Series: Waplington and Fleming families album series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Sarah Waplington standing at the rear of a tractor holding her right hand up two fingers up in a Vee for Victory salute.

Names: Waplington, Sarah Alice Cogswell Nickerson "Cutie"

Accession Code: BV016.46.56

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [ca. 1940]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 13-Aug-2018

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph is part of Photograph album BV016.46.52

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Vernon, British Columbia

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1944]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a main street in Vernon, British Columbia. Military trainees from Camp Vernon are visible standing in the middle of the street.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a main street in Vernon, British Columbia. Military trainees from Camp Vernon are visible standing in the middle of the street.