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Woodwards' men softball champs

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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.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Series: Hawkshaw family photographs series

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

Names: Hawkshaw, Richard Crichton Gilliland "Crichton"

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

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Woodwards' men softball champs

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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…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Series: Hawkshaw family photographs series

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

Names: Hawkshaw, Richard Crichton Gilliland "Crichton"

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

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Workers and their trucks outside of United Fraser Growers

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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.

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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.

Names: United Fraser Growers Limited

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

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Workers and their trucks outside of United Fraser Growers, [between 1938 and 1945] (date of original), 2019 (date of duplication) thumbnail

Workers outside of United Fraser Growers

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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.

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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

Names: Law, Yee "Herbert"; United Fraser Growers Limited

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

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Workers outside of United Fraser Growers, [between 1938 and 1945] (date of original), 2019 (date of duplication) thumbnail

Work group from the Bay

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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.

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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

Names: Parsons, Flossie Maude Smith

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

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Working on an Austin 7

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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.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1933 and 1940]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

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

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Working on fighting map

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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 a man in a military uniform seated at a table and looking over maps in wooded area during a training exercise at Canadian Forces Base military training camp in Shilo, Manitoba.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Series: Hawkshaw family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a man in a military uniform seated at a table and looking over maps in wooded area during a training exercise at Canadian Forces Base military training camp in Shilo, Manitoba.

Subjects: Public Services - Military Services; Clothing - Military Uniforms

Names: Canadian Armed Forces

Accession Code: BV996.6.54

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 for photograph reads: "working on fighting map"; Handwritten text in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "Working on / Fighting mpa / Shilo / 1937"; Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1

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Working on fighting map

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1936

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Crichton Hawkshaw working on a fighting map in a field at Canadian Forces Base military training camp at Sarcee, Alberta.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Series: Hawkshaw family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Crichton Hawkshaw working on a fighting map in a field at Canadian Forces Base military training camp at Sarcee, Alberta.

Subjects: Public Services - Military Services

Names: Hawkshaw, Richard Crichton Gilliland "Crichton"; Canadian Armed Forces

Accession Code: BV996.6.69

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: "Working on a / fighting map"; Handwritten note on verso of photograph reads: "Sarcee / 1936 / Fighting / map"; Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1

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Worry wart

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1937]

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 5.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the G.P.O.A. "worry wart" at Canadian Forces Base / Area Support Unit Shilo, Manitoba.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Series: Hawkshaw family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 5.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the G.P.O.A. "worry wart" at Canadian Forces Base / Area Support Unit Shilo, Manitoba.

Subjects: Clothing - Military Uniforms

Accession Code: BV996.6.27

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1937]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2/16/2010

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Caption for photograph reads: "Worry Wart"; Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "The 'worry wart' / GPOA / Shilo / 1937"; Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1

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Wreckage of plane crash

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1932]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.8 x 12 cm on page 17.5 x 26.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the wreckage of a small airplane crash on a frozen lake near Quesnel. Smoke can be seen rising from the fuselage and a great deal of damage is apparent. The aircraft belonged to well-known B.C. aviator, Ginger Coote.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1932]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Peers family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.8 x 12 cm on page 17.5 x 26.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-166

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of the wreckage of a small airplane crash on a frozen lake near Quesnel. Smoke can be seen rising from the fuselage and a great deal of damage is apparent. The aircraft belonged to well-known B.C. aviator, Ginger Coote.

Subjects: Accidents; Transportation - Air; Natural Phenomena - Snow

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

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Wreckage of plane crash, [1932] thumbnail

Wreck at Britannia Beach mill

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: Apr. 1939

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of damage done to the Britannia mill building and conveyor due to an incline railway accident. The accident occurred on April 6, 1939 whereby a locomotive with flat cars rushed down the slope hitting the mill conveyor.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Series: Hawkshaw family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of damage done to the Britannia mill building and conveyor due to an incline railway accident. The accident occurred on April 6, 1939 whereby a locomotive with flat cars rushed down the slope hitting the mill conveyor.

Subjects: Industries - Mining; Accidents - Train Accidents

Accession Code: BV996.6.257

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: Apr. 1939

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Date: 2023-02-16

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Caption on page of photograph album reads: "WRECK / 1939"; Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1

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Wreck at Britannia Beach mill

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: Apr. 1939

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of damage done to the Britannia mill building and conveyor due to an incline railway accident. The accident occurred on April 6, 1939 whereby a locomotive with flat cars rushed down the slope hitting the mill conveyor.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Series: Hawkshaw family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of damage done to the Britannia mill building and conveyor due to an incline railway accident. The accident occurred on April 6, 1939 whereby a locomotive with flat cars rushed down the slope hitting the mill conveyor.

Subjects: Industries - Mining; Accidents - Train Accidents

Accession Code: BV996.6.258

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: Apr. 1939

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Date: 2023-02-14

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Caption on page of photograph album reads: "WRECK / 1939"; Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1

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Wreck at Britannia Beach mill

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: Apr. 1939

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of damage done to the Britannia mill building and conveyor due to an incline railway accident. The accident occurred on April 6, 1939 whereby a locomotive with flat cars rushed down the slope hitting the mill conveyor.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Series: Hawkshaw family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of damage done to the Britannia mill building and conveyor due to an incline railway accident. The accident occurred on April 6, 1939 whereby a locomotive with flat cars rushed down the slope hitting the mill conveyor.

Subjects: Industries - Mining; Accidents - Train Accidents

Accession Code: BV996.6.259

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: Apr. 1939

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Date: 2023-02-16

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Caption on page of photograph album reads: "WRECK / 1939"; Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1

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Wreck at Britannia Beach mill

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: Apr. 1939

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of damage done to the Britannia mill building and conveyor due to an incline railway accident. The accident occurred on April 6, 1939 whereby a locomotive with flat cars rushed down the slope hitting the mill conveyor.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Series: Hawkshaw family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of damage done to the Britannia mill building and conveyor due to an incline railway accident. The accident occurred on April 6, 1939 whereby a locomotive with flat cars rushed down the slope hitting the mill conveyor.

Subjects: Industries - Mining; Accidents - Train Accidents

Accession Code: BV996.6.260

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: Apr. 1939

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Date: 2023-02-16

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Caption on page of photograph album reads: "WRECK / 1939"; Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1

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Wreck at Britannia Beach mill

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: Apr. 1939

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of men looking on damage done to the Britannia mill building and conveyor due to an incline railway accident. The accident occurred on April 6, 1939 whereby a locomotive with flat cars rushed down the slope hitting the mill conveyor.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Series: Hawkshaw family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of men looking on damage done to the Britannia mill building and conveyor due to an incline railway accident. The accident occurred on April 6, 1939 whereby a locomotive with flat cars rushed down the slope hitting the mill conveyor.

Subjects: Industries - Mining; Accidents - Train Accidents

Accession Code: BV996.6.261

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: Apr. 1939

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Date: 2023-02-16

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Caption on page of photograph album reads: "WRECK / 1939"; Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1

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Wreck at Britannia Beach mill

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: Apr. 1939

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of damage done to the Britannia mill building and conveyor due to an incline railway accident. The accident occurred on April 6, 1939 whereby a locomotive with flat cars rushed down the slope hitting the mill conveyor.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Series: Hawkshaw family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of damage done to the Britannia mill building and conveyor due to an incline railway accident. The accident occurred on April 6, 1939 whereby a locomotive with flat cars rushed down the slope hitting the mill conveyor.

Subjects: Industries - Mining; Accidents - Train Accidents

Accession Code: BV996.6.262

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: Apr. 1939

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Date: 2023-02-16

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Caption on page of photograph album reads: "WRECK / 1939"; Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1

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Wreck at Britannia Beach mill

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: Apr. 1939

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two men standing alongside track that was damaged due to an incline railway accident. The accident occurred on April 6, 1939 whereby a locomotive with flat cars rushed down the slope of the Britannia Beach mine hitting the mill conveyor. Crichton Hawkshaw may be the man on the right.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Series: Hawkshaw family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two men standing alongside track that was damaged due to an incline railway accident. The accident occurred on April 6, 1939 whereby a locomotive with flat cars rushed down the slope of the Britannia Beach mine hitting the mill conveyor. Crichton Hawkshaw may be the man on the right.

Subjects: Industries - Mining; Accidents - Train Accidents

Names: Hawkshaw, Richard Crichton Gilliland "Crichton"

Accession Code: BV996.6.263

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: Apr. 1939

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Date: 2023-02-16

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Caption on page of photograph album reads: "WRECK / 1939"; Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1

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Wreck at Britannia Beach mill

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: Apr. 1939

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of damage done railway tracks due to an incline railway accident at Britannia Beach mine. The accident occurred on April 6, 1939 whereby a locomotive with flat cars rushed down the slope hitting the mill conveyor.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Series: Hawkshaw family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of damage done railway tracks due to an incline railway accident at Britannia Beach mine. The accident occurred on April 6, 1939 whereby a locomotive with flat cars rushed down the slope hitting the mill conveyor.

Subjects: Industries - Mining; Accidents - Train Accidents

Accession Code: BV996.6.264

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: Apr. 1939

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Date: 2023-02-16

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Caption on page of photograph album reads: "WRECK / 1939"; Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1

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Wright boys

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1935

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of brothers Dick Wright (left) and Jack Wright (right). Dick and Jack were the sons of Joseph Wright and Wilhelmina Wright and lived on Pender Street in Vancouver Heights. Dick later went on to become the principal of Hillside Secondary School in West Vancouver.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1935

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-264

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of brothers Dick Wright (left) and Jack Wright (right). Dick and Jack were the sons of Joseph Wright and Wilhelmina Wright and lived on Pender Street in Vancouver Heights. Dick later went on to become the principal of Hillside Secondary School in West Vancouver.

Names: Wright, Dick; Wright, Jack

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Wright family home

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Wright family home at 3935 Pender Street. This was the home of Joseph "Joe" Wright and his wife Wilhelmina "Mina" Wright. Note vegetable garden to the right with a greenhouse.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-263

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Wright family home at 3935 Pender Street. This was the home of Joseph "Joe" Wright and his wife Wilhelmina "Mina" Wright. Note vegetable garden to the right with a greenhouse.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Pender Street

Street Address: 3935 Pender Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Willingdon Heights Area

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Wright family home, [1930] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Yale Creek

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34359

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.9 x 11.5 cm on page 17.4 x 26 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Yale Creek. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the later 1920s.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Peers family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.9 x 11.5 cm on page 17.4 x 26 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-066

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of Yale Creek. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the later 1920s.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Creeks

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

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Yale Creek

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34361

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12 cm on oage 17.4 x 26 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Yale Creek; a dry creek bed with a large tree lying across it. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the later 1920s.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Peers family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12 cm on oage 17.4 x 26 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-068

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of Yale Creek; a dry creek bed with a large tree lying across it. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the later 1920s.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Creeks; Plants - Trees

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

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Yale Creek - The Falls and Vicinity

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.8 x 8.8 cm on page 17.4 x 26 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified man standing on a rock near the waterfalls. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the later 1920s.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Peers family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.8 x 8.8 cm on page 17.4 x 26 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-067

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified man standing on a rock near the waterfalls. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the later 1920s.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Waterfalls

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

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Yale Creek - The Falls and Vicinity, [1930] thumbnail

Yanko family album

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription74510

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1924-1990

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 scrapbook : 32 x 34 cm ; 68 p.

Scope and Content: Item is a scrapbook documenting the families of husband and wife John Ivan Yanko and Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" (Carman) Yanko. The scrapbook consists of ca. 255 (mostly black and white, some colour) photographs from the family, with captions that identify the subjects and locations of the photogr…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1924-1990

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Physical Description: 1 scrapbook : 32 x 34 cm ; 68 p.

Material Details: Hardcover scrapbook album with clear plastic page covers and a metal binding. Three-dimensional scrapbooking embellishments are affixed to some of the pages.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: MSS170-006

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2012-09

Scope and Content: Item is a scrapbook documenting the families of husband and wife John Ivan Yanko and Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" (Carman) Yanko. The scrapbook consists of ca. 255 (mostly black and white, some colour) photographs from the family, with captions that identify the subjects and locations of the photographs. Included in the album are plastic sleeves housing textual records including: correspondence; a baptism certificate; and the title page of another scrapbook.

Names: Yanko, John Ivan; Yanko, Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" Carman

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Printed in brown writing on front cover of photographic album: "Y"; Photographs are dated 1924-1967; textual records included in album are dated 1908,1990; Envelope affixed to scrapbook page titled "moments & memories" with note "Dupelicate [sic] photos" contains 8 additional prints, which are described on the right-hand side of the scrapbook page.

Yellow Point

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1925 and 1940]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph shows three women and a man, all unidentified, standing in front of the three oaks at Yellow Point.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1925 and 1940]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 9 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-171

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph shows three women and a man, all unidentified, standing in front of the three oaks at Yellow Point.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note accompanying photograph; Note in pencil on album page reads: "in front of Three Oaks"; Note in blue pen on verso reads: "Y P T in front of 3 oaks"

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Yellow Point, [between 1925 and 1940] thumbnail

Yerba Buena to Oakland

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1734

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1939]

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 original Eastern span of San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (built in 1936) taken from Treasure Island. The bridge was constructed in five phases: first the East Span, followed by the tunnel through Yerba Buena Island, and then the West span. This was followed by the I-80 West Appro…

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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 original Eastern span of San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (built in 1936) taken from Treasure Island. The bridge was constructed in five phases: first the East Span, followed by the tunnel through Yerba Buena Island, and then the West span. This was followed by the I-80 West Approach and on- and off-ramps, and finally, the Transbay Terminal in San Francisco.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Bays; Structures - Bridges

Accession Code: BV985.6114.128

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1939]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-04-02

Notes: Title based on note written on verso of photograph; Handwritten note in black ball-point pen on verso of photograph reads: "Yerba Beuna to Oakland"; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "653 F"; Handwritten note in pencil on verso of photograph crosses out "53" and reads: "41"

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Yerba Buena to Oakland, [1939] thumbnail

Young man standing outside

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38335

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930] (date of original), copied [2000]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a young man leaning against the steps of the home at 510 North Boundary Road. The man is unidentified.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930] (date of original), copied [2000]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 407-010

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of a young man leaning against the steps of the home at 510 North Boundary Road. The man is unidentified.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Young man standing outside, [1930] (date of original), copied [2000] thumbnail

Young woman in garden

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription20170

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [193-]

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of young woman standing in a flower garden with foxgloves. A building is visible in a grove of trees 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 ; 9 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of young woman standing in a flower garden with foxgloves. A building is visible in a grove of trees in the background.

Subjects: Plants - Flowers; Geographic Features - Gardens

Accession Code: BV022.32.592

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [193-]

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: "MARY?"

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