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Wrecked rail cars

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[May 1913]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.1 x 13.9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of several wrecked rail cars abandoned on the side of a railway. There is gravel, rocks and dirt in the foreground, beside the railway tracks and a forested area in the background. An annotation on the back of the photograph reads: "Wrecked cares - Dump #4 / G.N. reclamation work / Vanco…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.1 x 13.9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of several wrecked rail cars abandoned on the side of a railway. There is gravel, rocks and dirt in the foreground, beside the railway tracks and a forested area in the background. An annotation on the back of the photograph reads: "Wrecked cares - Dump #4 / G.N. reclamation work / Vancouver, B.C. / May - 1913." The accession register speculates that the photograph may be of an accident on the Great Northern line at Sperling.
Subjects
Accidents - Train Accidents
Transportation - Rail
Names
Great Northern Railway
Geographic Access
Vancouver
Accession Code
HV979.54.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[May 1913]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-09-12
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Young woman wearing a pendant

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1923]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 13.0 x 8.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photographic postcard of an unidentified young woman with short dark hair taken in a photographic studio. She is wearing a dress with vertical stripes, and has a pendant around her neck. There appears to be a faint outline of a face depicted in the pendant. An annotation on the back of the photogr…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 13.0 x 8.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photographic postcard of an unidentified young woman with short dark hair taken in a photographic studio. She is wearing a dress with vertical stripes, and has a pendant around her neck. There appears to be a faint outline of a face depicted in the pendant. An annotation on the back of the photograph reads: "2/23."
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts - Postcards
Adornment - Jewelry
Accession Code
HV984.51.47
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1923]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-10-10
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail