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Woman in a hat

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1915]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 1 x 1.5 cm cut to size on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified woman. The photograph has been cut to shape around her outline and pasted on an album page with similar pictures collectively titled "Heads and Tales."

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1915]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 1 x 1.5 cm cut to size on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-504

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified woman. The photograph has been cut to shape around her outline and pasted on an album page with similar pictures collectively titled "Heads and Tales."

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Woman pushing a baby carriage

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38774

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1910]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 10 cm (cut) on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified woman pushing a child in a stroller.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1910]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 10 cm (cut) on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-093

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified woman pushing a child in a stroller.

Subjects: Transportation - Carriages

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Woman pushing a baby carriage, [1910] thumbnail

Woman sitting on the steps of Broadview

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39437

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1910

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9.8 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified woman sitting on the steps of Broadview, the home of Claude Hill and family.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1910

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9.8 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-756

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified woman sitting on the steps of Broadview, the home of Claude Hill and family.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Buckingham Avenue

Street Address: 5730 Buckingham Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

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Woman sitting on the steps of Broadview, 1910 thumbnail

Women outside tent

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37983

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1914] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.5 x 2.6 cm print on contact sheet 20.7 x 26.2 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of three women seated outside a tent by Deer Lake. Left to right: Mildred Herolz, L.A. Morrison, and an unidentified woman.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1914] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.5 x 2.6 cm print on contact sheet 20.7 x 26.2 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-570

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of three women seated outside a tent by Deer Lake. Left to right: Mildred Herolz, L.A. Morrison, and an unidentified woman.

Subjects: Structures - Tents

Names: Herolz, Mildred; Morrison, L.A.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph on contact sheet is torn; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying

Geographic Access: Deer Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Oakalla Area

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Women outside tent, [1914] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Women's group

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38177

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1914 and 1918] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.8 x 4.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of members of a women's group gathered for a lunch. They are seated on the veranda of 3900 Union Street, the home of the Spraggon family.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1914 and 1918] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.8 x 4.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-764

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of members of a women's group gathered for a lunch. They are seated on the veranda of 3900 Union Street, the home of the Spraggon family.

Subjects: Organizations - Womens' Societies and Clubs

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast

Geographic Access: Union Street

Street Address: 3900 Union Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Willingdon Heights Area

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Women's group, [between 1914 and 1918] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Women sitting in front of a boathouse

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38775

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1910]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5. x 5.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of three women sitting in front of a boathouse on a dock.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1910]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5. x 5.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-094

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of three women sitting in front of a boathouse on a dock.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Boathouses

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Women sitting in front of a boathouse, [1910] thumbnail

Women's luncheon

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38180

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1918] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.8 x 4.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of women at 3900 Union Street, the Spraggon family home, gathered for a women's luncheon. Identified: Mrs I.R. King (nee Spraggon) at centre, and Mrs. Dickinson 2nd from right at back.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1918] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.8 x 4.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-767

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of women at 3900 Union Street, the Spraggon family home, gathered for a women's luncheon. Identified: Mrs I.R. King (nee Spraggon) at centre, and Mrs. Dickinson 2nd from right at back.

Subjects: Organizations - Womens' Societies and Clubs

Names: King, I.R. Spraggon

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast

Geographic Access: Union Street

Street Address: 3900 Union Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Willingdon Heights Area

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Women's luncheon, [1918] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Women standing in a garden

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38757

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1910]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 7.3 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of two women (one of them may be Annie Hill), standing in an unidentified lawn.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1910]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 7.3 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-076

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of two women (one of them may be Annie Hill), standing in an unidentified lawn.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Women standing in a garden, [1910] thumbnail

Wood stacked for a bonfire

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35910

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1897 (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 a structure prepared by Claude Hill for a bonfire at Deer Lake celebrating Queen Victoria's Jubilee. The bonfire could be seen for miles around.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1897 (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.: 204-769

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of a structure prepared by Claude Hill for a bonfire at Deer Lake celebrating Queen Victoria's Jubilee. The bonfire could be seen for miles around.

Subjects: Celebrations - Jubilee

Names: Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Avenue

Street Address: 6501 Deer Lake Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

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Wood stacked for a bonfire

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38852

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1897

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Claude Hill standing in front of the log pile that he built for a bonfire celebrating Queen Victoria's Diamond jubilee in 1897. The location is near Deer Lake and it was said that the flames from the fire could be seen for miles.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1897

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 11 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-171

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Claude Hill standing in front of the log pile that he built for a bonfire celebrating Queen Victoria's Diamond jubilee in 1897. The location is near Deer Lake and it was said that the flames from the fire could be seen for miles.

Subjects: Celebrations - Jubilee

Names: Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

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Wood stacked for a bonfire

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39528

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1897

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 9.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a large stack of wood, piled up to create a pyre for a bonfire celebrating Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in June, 1897. Claude Hill built this structure near Deer Lake and it was reported that when lit, the fire could be seen for miles.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1897

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 9.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-847

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a large stack of wood, piled up to create a pyre for a bonfire celebrating Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in June, 1897. Claude Hill built this structure near Deer Lake and it was reported that when lit, the fire could be seen for miles.

Subjects: Celebrations - Jubilee

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Deer Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

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Woodward house

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38871

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1910]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10.5 cm on page 14 x 17.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of the home belonging to Maude and Harriet Woodward, early residents of the Burnaby Lake area. The cottage was a prefabricated building designed by J.J. Mahoney and architect Joseph Bowman and was manufactured in Vancouver by the B.C. Mills Timber and Trading Company and erected here in …

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1910]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10.5 cm on page 14 x 17.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-190

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of the home belonging to Maude and Harriet Woodward, early residents of the Burnaby Lake area. The cottage was a prefabricated building designed by J.J. Mahoney and architect Joseph Bowman and was manufactured in Vancouver by the B.C. Mills Timber and Trading Company and erected here in 1904. Maude Woodward established a post-office here which was operated by her sister, Harriet. Harriet also began a small private school here, the first in Burnaby Lake. The cottage was enlarged with several additions until 1912 when the Woodwards built a new house.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses; Buildings - Public - Post Offices; Buildings - Schools

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Sperling Avenue

Street Address: 5141 Sperling Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

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Woodward house

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38872

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1912]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 6.2 cm on page 14 x 17.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of the home of Maude Woodward and her sister Harriet Woodward. A caption beneath the photograph reads: "Burnaby Lake Post Office and School 1910-1934."

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1912]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 6.2 cm on page 14 x 17.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-191

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of the home of Maude Woodward and her sister Harriet Woodward. A caption beneath the photograph reads: "Burnaby Lake Post Office and School 1910-1934."

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses; Buildings - Public - Post Offices; Buildings - Schools

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

Geographic Access: Sperling Avenue

Street Address: 5195 Sperling Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

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Woolsey family home

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35636

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1917 (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 Woolsey family home at 7790 Barnet Road, owned by Shell Oil Company. It was built by Robert Woolsey for use by the Shell marine depot superintendent, which was his position. The house is seen from the north, or waterfront, side.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1917 (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.: 204-494

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Woolsey family home at 7790 Barnet Road, owned by Shell Oil Company. It was built by Robert Woolsey for use by the Shell marine depot superintendent, which was his position. The house is seen from the north, or waterfront, side.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses

Names: Shell Oil Company

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Barnet Road

Street Address: 7790 Barnet Road

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

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Woolsey family home

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35637

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1917] (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 Woolsey family home at 7790 Barnet Road as seen from the Barnet Road side. The house was not quite in Barnet Village, but close to it. The house was owned by the Shell Oil Company. It was built by Robert Woolsey for use by the Shell marine depot superintendent, which was his po…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1917] (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.: 204-495

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Woolsey family home at 7790 Barnet Road as seen from the Barnet Road side. The house was not quite in Barnet Village, but close to it. The house was owned by the Shell Oil Company. It was built by Robert Woolsey for use by the Shell marine depot superintendent, which was his position.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses

Names: Shell Oil Company

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Barnet Road

Street Address: 7790 Barnet Road

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

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Workhorses

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38834

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1904]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 3.5 x 4 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a team of workhorses in the field belonging to Claude Hill in the Burnaby Lake area.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1904]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 3.5 x 4 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-153

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a team of workhorses in the field belonging to Claude Hill in the Burnaby Lake area.

Subjects: Animals - Horses

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

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Working as a Press Feeder

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36152

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1908

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 10 cm, mounted on board 13.5 x 16 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Mr Murdoch McMurray (far left) working as a Press Feeder, and his co-workers, at a firm believed to be on or near Hastings. The young women standing with Murdoch worked in the "Bindery".

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1908

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Public Library photograph subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 10 cm, mounted on board 13.5 x 16 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 229-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1989-22

Scope and Content: Photograph of Mr Murdoch McMurray (far left) working as a Press Feeder, and his co-workers, at a firm believed to be on or near Hastings. The young women standing with Murdoch worked in the "Bindery".

Names: McMurray, Murdoch

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on verso of photograph reads: "...Mr. McMurray was making 10 dollars a week at the time."

Geographic Access: Hastings Street

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Working as a Press Feeder, 1908 thumbnail

Working on a submarine hull

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38617

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1917] (date of original), copied 2004

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 28 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of approximately ten labourers working on the hull of a submarine at the submarine works yard at Barnet. All are unidentified. During World War One, the Royal Russian Navy contracted with a Seattle-based company to build submarines for Russia, but American neutrality in the war prevented…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1917] (date of original), copied 2004

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Jim Wolf subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 28 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 466-016

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2004-9

Scope and Content: Photograph of approximately ten labourers working on the hull of a submarine at the submarine works yard at Barnet. All are unidentified. During World War One, the Royal Russian Navy contracted with a Seattle-based company to build submarines for Russia, but American neutrality in the war prevented the subs from being built in the United States. Instead, the company operated a facility at Barnet to complete the contract.

Subjects: Transportation - Submarines; Wars - World War, 1914-1918; Construction Tools and Equipment; Occupations - Labourers

Names: Royal Russian Navy

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph.

Geographic Access: Barnet Village; Barnet Road

Street Address: 8774 Barnet Road

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

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Working on a submarine hull, [1917] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail

World War I soldier

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37205

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1914]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 19 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a World War I soldier standing behind a woman, holding her.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1914]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Andrew Johnson subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 19 x 11.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 335-008

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1997-16

Scope and Content: Photograph of a World War I soldier standing behind a woman, holding her.

Subjects: Wars - World War, 1914-1918; Clothing - Military Uniforms

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Wright family

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35631

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1913 (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. Identified: (left) Joseph Wright (father); (right) Wilhelmina Wright (mother); (children in front) Bessy Wright (sister) and Jack Wright (brother). The other men in the photograph are unidentified. The photograph was taken at 3871 Pender Street, Vancouver Heights.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1913 (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.: 204-489

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Wright family. Identified: (left) Joseph Wright (father); (right) Wilhelmina Wright (mother); (children in front) Bessy Wright (sister) and Jack Wright (brother). The other men in the photograph are unidentified. The photograph was taken at 3871 Pender Street, Vancouver Heights.

Names: Wright, Bessy; Wright, Jack; Wright, Joseph "Joe"; Wright, Wilhelmina "Mina" Williams

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Pender Street

Street Address: 3871 Pender Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Willingdon Heights Area

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