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West Burnaby Public School

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1905 and 1911]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 13.8 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of a class at West Burnaby School (later renamed Kingsway West School). There are fifteen girls and nineteen boys sitting and standing in four rows in front of the school building.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 13.8 x 8.5 cm

Material Details: "WEST BURNABY PUBLIC SCHOOL" is stamped on the front of the photograph in red ink.; Hand-written text in blue ink reads: "1911".; Pre-printed text on back reads: "POST CARD", "MESSAGE", "ADDRESS" and "KBUXO / KBUXO / KBUXO / KBUXO / ONE CENT / STAMP / HERE".

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of a class at West Burnaby School (later renamed Kingsway West School). There are fifteen girls and nineteen boys sitting and standing in four rows in front of the school building.

Names: Kingsway West School

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 4800 Kingsway

Accession Code: BV994.21.3

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [between 1905 and 1911]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-04-23

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph.

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West Burnaby Public School, [between 1905 and 1911] thumbnail

West Burnaby School Class

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1904

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.8 x 17.8 cm mounted on cardboard 20.0 x 25.0 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a West Burnaby School (later renamed Kingsway West School) class standing outside of the school. Identified, back row, left to right: [unidentified], Georgina Bell, [first name unknown] Creamer, Gladys Bisset, Bernadette McNeil, Elsie Wilson, and Mabel Rowlinson. 2nd row, 5th from le…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1904

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Elsie B. Wilson subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.8 x 17.8 cm mounted on cardboard 20.0 x 25.0 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 034-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of a West Burnaby School (later renamed Kingsway West School) class standing outside of the school. Identified, back row, left to right: [unidentified], Georgina Bell, [first name unknown] Creamer, Gladys Bisset, Bernadette McNeil, Elsie Wilson, and Mabel Rowlinson. 2nd row, 5th from left: Edith Marten. 3rd row, left to right: [first name unknown] McMaster, [unidentified], Jean Ross, [unidentified], Goldie Ralph, Mabel Ralph, Grace Marten, [3 unidentified children], Lois Rumble (later Wilson), [unidentified], and George Robertson. From row, left to right, starting at 7th child: Wilson Bailey, [first name unknown] Bond, [2 unidentified children], Bill Smith, Elgin Robertson, [2 unidentified children], Gordon Bailey, [2 unidentified children], [first name unknown] Bramble. The teacher, standing at the back left, is Miss Annie Theresa Forrest.

Subjects: Occupations - Teachers

Names: Bailey, Gordon; Bailey, Wilson; Bell, Georgina; Bisset, Gladys; Forrest, Annie Theresa; Marten, Edith; Marten, Grace; McNeil, Bernadette; Ralph, Mabel; Robertson, Elgin; Robertson, George; Ross, Jean; Rowlinson, Mabel; Wilson, Lois Rumble; Smith, Bill; Kingsway West School; Wilson, Elsie

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 4800 Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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West Burnaby School class

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1908]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 9 x 14 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of more than forty students at West Burnaby (later renamed Kingsway West) School sitting and standing in six rows in front of a wooden fence. Their teacher Miss Annie Forrest, stands in the back, third from the left.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 9 x 14 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of more than forty students at West Burnaby (later renamed Kingsway West) School sitting and standing in six rows in front of a wooden fence. Their teacher Miss Annie Forrest, stands in the back, third from the left.

Subjects: Occupations - Teachers

Names: Kingsway West School; Forrest, Annie Theresa

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 4800 Kingsway

Accession Code: BV999.2.33

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1908]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Related Material: For another photograph of the students in the group with Miss Forrest, see BV999.2.32

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 08-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Photographer: Brown, William Thomas

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Stamp on recto of photograph reads: "WM. BROWN NEW WESTMINSTER. B. C."

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West Burnaby School class

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1906 and 1916]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of a class from West Burnaby (later renamed Kingsway West) School taken outside on a field, in front of a hedge. There are eighteen boys and fourteen girls sitting and standing in three rows, with their teacher, Miss Forrest, standing in the centre at the back.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of a class from West Burnaby (later renamed Kingsway West) School taken outside on a field, in front of a hedge. There are eighteen boys and fourteen girls sitting and standing in three rows, with their teacher, Miss Forrest, standing in the centre at the back.

Subjects: Occupations - Teachers

Names: Kingsway West School; Forrest, Annie Theresa

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 4800 Kingsway

Accession Code: BV999.2.53

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [between 1906 and 1916]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 08-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "Lionel Butt"

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West Burnaby School class, [between 1906 and 1916] thumbnail

West Burnaby School students

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1909]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of more than fifty students at West Burnaby (later renamed Kingsway West) School sitting and standing in six rows in front of a wooden fence. A man in a suit stands in front of a high wood fence at the back in the centre and Miss Annie Forrest stands to the left.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm

Material Details: Stamp on recto of photograph reads: "WM. BROWN NEW WESTMINSTER. B. C."

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of more than fifty students at West Burnaby (later renamed Kingsway West) School sitting and standing in six rows in front of a wooden fence. A man in a suit stands in front of a high wood fence at the back in the centre and Miss Annie Forrest stands to the left.

Subjects: Occupations - Teachers

Names: Kingsway West School; Forrest, Annie Theresa

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 4800 Kingsway

Accession Code: BV999.2.32

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1909]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Related Material: For another photograph of some of the students in the group with Miss Forrest, see BV999.2.33

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 08-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Photographer: Brown, William Thomas

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; A second copy of this postcard is held in the collection as BV994.21.1.

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West Burnaby School students

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1909]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 13.7 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of combined classes at West Burnaby School (later known as Kingsway West school). Teacher, Miss Annie Forrest standing on the left side and a man in a suit is standing in the center at the back of the group. There are about fifty-nine girls and boys and girls of various ages s…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 13.7 x 8.5 cm

Material Details: Hand-written text in blue ink on back photograph reads: "1909 / 2-room / school / combined / classes. / Annie T / Forrest / teacher / junior / classes".; Pre-printed text on back reads: "POST CARD", "For INLAND POSTAGE only this Space / may be used for Communications", "THE ADDRESS ONLY TO BE / WRITTEN HERE" and "AZO / AZO / AZO / AZO / PLACE / ONE-CENT / STAMP / HERE".

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of combined classes at West Burnaby School (later known as Kingsway West school). Teacher, Miss Annie Forrest standing on the left side and a man in a suit is standing in the center at the back of the group. There are about fifty-nine girls and boys and girls of various ages seated and standing in rough rows. They are posed outdoors, in front of a wooden fence.

Subjects: Occupations - Teachers

Names: Kingsway West School; Forrest, Annie Theresa

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 4800 Kingsway

Accession Code: BV994.21.1

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1909]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Related Material: A second copy of this postcard is held in the collection as BV999.2.32.

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-04-23

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Western Canada Power Company

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1909-1930

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 5 folders textual records and cartographic material

Scope and Content: File contains draft bylaws, draft contracts and correspondence related to the operation of the Western Canada Power Company. As well, file contains declarations, news clippings, correspondence, ballots, and tally sheets that resulted from the voting held regarding the Western Canada Power Co. Byla…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1909-1930

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Series: Clerk's Department record series

Physical Description: 5 folders textual records and cartographic material

Description Level: File

Record No.: 2091

Accession Number: 2001-02

Scope and Content: File contains draft bylaws, draft contracts and correspondence related to the operation of the Western Canada Power Company. As well, file contains declarations, news clippings, correspondence, ballots, and tally sheets that resulted from the voting held regarding the Western Canada Power Co. Bylaw. Also included are agreements, correspondence and bylaw no. 114. The 1922 agreement includes a blueprint. As well, file contains a white linen plan of DL 15 and blueprint plans of standard power pole and transmission towers on Broadway and Cariboo Roads, 1916.

Media Type: Textual Record; Cartographic Material

Notes: For related records see also file 6-1-5-2. A map of the Municipality of Burnaby by Archibald Moir and Co. : M9-B-2-11; blueprint of Burnaby Municipality : M9-B-2-15

West half of West half of DL 160

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 78384

Meeting Date: 13-Oct-1906

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 78384

Meeting Date: 13-Oct-1906

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 78384

13-Oct-1906 Meeting Minutes

West half of West half of DL 160 re receipt of an affidavit from Mrs. Bertha Nickel

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 78432

Meeting Date: 15-Dec-1906

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 78432

Meeting Date: 15-Dec-1906

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 78432

15-Dec-1906 Meeting Minutes

West half of West Halk of DL 160

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 78392

Meeting Date: 3-Nov-1906

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 78392

Meeting Date: 3-Nov-1906

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 78392

3-Nov-1906 Meeting Minutes

Westminister and Vancouver Electric Railway Co. re Extension of Edmonds Street to Vancouver Roads

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 82667

Meeting Date: 12-Jan-1903

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 82667

Meeting Date: 12-Jan-1903

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 82667

12-Jan-1903 Meeting Minutes

Westminster Board of Trade requesting the Council to appoint a delegate on the deputation about to wait on the Government re the Fraser River Bridge and the Ladner-Westminster Road projects

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 89140

Meeting Date: 18-Feb-1901

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 89140

Meeting Date: 18-Feb-1901

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 89140

18-Feb-1901 Meeting Minutes

Westminster Branch employees

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1905

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia composite ; 19 x 24 cm on board 27 x 32.5 cm

Scope and Content: Composite photograph of the employees of the Westminster Branch of the British Columbia Electric Railway Company. A name has been written in pen under many of the photographs: starting at the top left; Neelands, McNel, Wilson, Stuart, Blair, unidentified, Healy, Innes, Rawlison. One row down, five …

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1905

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: John DeForest subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia composite ; 19 x 24 cm on board 27 x 32.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 293-007

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1992-30

Scope and Content: Composite photograph of the employees of the Westminster Branch of the British Columbia Electric Railway Company. A name has been written in pen under many of the photographs: starting at the top left; Neelands, McNel, Wilson, Stuart, Blair, unidentified, Healy, Innes, Rawlison. One row down, five together to the left are; Marsh, Grimmison, Huston, Gregory, Stewart. Four in the center are; Shiles, unidentified, Whitmore, McQuarrie. Five together to the right are; Dickinson, Routley, Thorburn, Monterth, unidentified. Second row down, five together on the left are; Butterfield, Rainey, Alcock, WIlliams, Feeney. Three together in the center are; Glover, Buntzen, Sperling. Four together on the right are; Dunlop and three unidentified.Three rows down, four together on the left are; Reid, Grimmer, McArthur, Brown. Center is unidentified except for Wilson, who is three from the right. Four together on the right are; unidentified, Harris, Ellis, unidentified. Four rows down, three together on the left are; Miller, Featherstone, Williams. The rest of the center are unidentified, and the last three on the right are; McAurthur, Holland, and Hudson. Also included in the composite are two photographs of electric railroad cars, one of the New Westminster shoreline and one of a train station.

Subjects: Occupations - Engineers; Occupations - Railroad Conductors; Transportation - Electric Railroads

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Okamura, P.L.

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on recto of composite photograph reads: "~1905~/ PRESENTED TO / J. BUNTZEN ESQ./ BY / THE EMPLOYEES, WESTMINISTER BRANCH B.C.E.RY.CO.LTD."; Photographer's stamp on recto of board reads: "P. L. OKAMURA NEW WESTMINISTER, B.C."

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Westminster Branch employees, 1905 thumbnail

What all the world's a-seeking : or, the vital law of true life, true greatness power, and happiness

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Trine, Ralph Waldo, 1866-1958

Edition: 12th ed.

Publication Date: 1907

Call Number: 171 TRI

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV985.4029.1

Call Number: 171 TRI

Edition: 12th ed.

Author: Trine, Ralph Waldo, 1866-1958

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Gay and Bird

Publication Date: 1907

Printer: T and A. Constable

Physical Description: viii, 253 p. ; 21 cm.

Inscription: "My responsibility his in keeping myself in a faithful & never parting connection to the Infinite Source" -- handwritten in pencil on endpaper (front). "185.197.200.201" -- handwritten in pencil on envelope on endpaper (front). "75" -- handwritten in pencil on endpaper (front).

Library Subject (LOC): Conduct of life; Christian life; Character

Notes: Includes index.

When it was dark the story of a great conspiracy

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Thorne, Guy, 1875-1923

Publication Date: 1905

Call Number: 823.9 THO

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV971.136.124

Call Number: 823.9 THO

Author: Thorne, Guy, 1875-1923

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Greening & Co., Ltd.

Publication Date: 1905

Series: Greening's Colonial Library

Printer: Colston and Coy, Limited

Physical Description: viii, 427 p. : ill.

Inscription: "W25", in black ink inside front cover, crossed out in pencil "C.R. Thornburrow", handwritten in brown ink on pre-title page "Kcd/1.25", in pencil inside back cover

Library Subject (LOC): Fiction--20th century

Whiting family on porch of family home

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [190-]

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Annie Elizabeth Whting (nee Love) and Wallace Whiting, their six children and an unidentfied man on the porch and stairs of the Whiting family home in Burquitlam. There is a large garden with greenhouse on either side of the walkway leading up to the house.

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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 10.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Annie Elizabeth Whting (nee Love) and Wallace Whiting, their six children and an unidentfied man on the porch and stairs of the Whiting family home in Burquitlam. There is a large garden with greenhouse on either side of the walkway leading up to the house.

History: Between 1914 and 1920, Wallace Whiting was awarded at local exhibitons and fairs for a variety of his home grown vegetables. This house may be located in New Westminster. Wallace and Annie Whiting resided in New Westminster and Burquitlam until 1937 when Wallace Whiting retired. Following his retirement, Wallace and Annie resided at 360 18th Avenue in Burnaby.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses

Names: Whiting Family

Accession Code: BV022.32.10

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [190-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-04-04

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 1 (BV022.32.1)

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Whiting family on porch of family home, [190-] thumbnail

W.H. Lewis farm

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1900]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 12.6 x 17.7 cm mounted on cardboard 14.2 x 19.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of W.H. Lewis' fruit farm with a man, three women and five children kneeling in a strawberry field. "Pioneer Tales" identifies them as William Lewis (foreground), three of his children, and hired help. A house can be seen in the background. The Lewis house was located on 4th Street.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1900]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 12.6 x 17.7 cm mounted on cardboard 14.2 x 19.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 022-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of W.H. Lewis' fruit farm with a man, three women and five children kneeling in a strawberry field. "Pioneer Tales" identifies them as William Lewis (foreground), three of his children, and hired help. A house can be seen in the background. The Lewis house was located on 4th Street.