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Wreck at Britannia Beach mill
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19555
- 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.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- 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.
- 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
Images
Wreck at Britannia Beach mill
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19556
- 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.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- 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.
- 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
Images
Wreck at Britannia Beach mill
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19557
- 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.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- 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.
- 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
Images
Wrecked rail cars
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1429
- 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.
- 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
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Wright boys
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35407
- 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.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1935
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- 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
Images
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.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1913 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- 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.
- 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
Images
Wright Family
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37062
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1924 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.1 x 11.2 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Wright family with their camper truck, September 7, 1924, after their arrival in Burnaby. Left to right: Howard, Mary (mother), John (father) with Bob, Fred, Albert, Ernie, and Edith. The family drove from Fairview, Nova Scotia, to British Columbia in order to move to Burnaby.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1924 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.1 x 11.2 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 315-525
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Wright family with their camper truck, September 7, 1924, after their arrival in Burnaby. Left to right: Howard, Mary (mother), John (father) with Bob, Fred, Albert, Ernie, and Edith. The family drove from Fairview, Nova Scotia, to British Columbia in order to move to Burnaby.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Trucks
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Wright family home
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35406
- 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.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- 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
Images
Wright family textual records
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82705
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1928-2012]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records : ill. (col.)
- Scope and Content
- File consists of original and photocopy of handwritten family trees, published pamphlet entitled "Genealogy of the Wright Family" and photocopied family histories of the Wright family and how they relate to the Vidal family. Key person mentioned is William Elliot Wright, a naval officer who settled…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1928-2012]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records : ill. (col.)
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS176-002
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- 2013-03
- Scope and Content
- File consists of original and photocopy of handwritten family trees, published pamphlet entitled "Genealogy of the Wright Family" and photocopied family histories of the Wright family and how they relate to the Vidal family. Key person mentioned is William Elliot Wright, a naval officer who settled in Upper Canada.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Military Personnel
- Names
- Wright, William Elliot
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Wrigley's British Columbia directory 1930, volume 40
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary443
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Schetky, George L.
- Publication Date
- 1930
- Call Number
- 384.6 WRI
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV987.1.69
- Call Number
- 384.6 WRI
- Author
- Schetky, George L.
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver
- Publisher
- Wrigley Directories
- Publication Date
- 1930
- Physical Description
- 2218 p. ; 26 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Directories
- British Columbia
- Notes
- "embracing an alphabetically arranged list of cities, towns, post offices and railway stations in British Columbia, with a description of each ; an alphabetically arranged list of business houses, private citizens, civic, provincial and dominion governments, churches, public and private schools, secret and benevolent organizations, associations, etc., also an avenue and street guide and directory of householders for Vancouver and Victoria, also a buyers' guide and a complete classified business directory of British Columbia,"
Wrigley's British Columbia Directory, part 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1166
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Call Number
- 971.1025 WRI
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver, B.C.
- Publisher
- Wrigley Directories
- Publication Date
- 1926
- Physical Description
- 3 v. : ill. ; 30 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- British Columbia
- Directories
Wrigley's British Columbia Directory, part 2
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5469
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Call Number
- 971.1025 WRI
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver, B.C.
- Publisher
- Wrigley Directories
- Publication Date
- 1926
- Physical Description
- 3 v. : ill. ; 30 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- British Columbia
- Directories
Wrigley's British Columbia Directory, part 3
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5470
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Call Number
- 971.1025 WRI
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver, B.C.
- Publisher
- Wrigley Directories
- Publication Date
- 1926
- Physical Description
- 3 v. : ill. ; 30 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- British Columbia
- Directories
Wrigley's Greater Vancouver City Street Guide
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary421
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV988.53.7
- Publisher
- Roy Wrigley Ltd.
- Publication Date
- 1936
- Physical Description
- 160 pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. , map ; 15 cm.
- Inscription
- "Wrigley's Greater Vancouver City Street Guide", printed on cover of book
- Object History
- From Hougland's Drug Store, 45th and Fraser in Vancouver.
Images
Wrigley's Official Arrow City map of Greater Vancouver and New Westminster
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65838
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1936
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 map : blueprint ink on paper ; 60 x 85 cm folded to 25 x 11 cm in cover
- Scope and Content
- Item is Wrigley's Official Arrow City map of Greater Vancouver and New Westminster, published by Roy Wrigley Printing & Publishing Co. Ltd. in Vancouver. Map includes a street index of "Vancouver and [the] Lower Mainland." The maps shows main streets, bus lines, interurban lines, street car lines a…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1936
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Ephemera subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 map : blueprint ink on paper ; 60 x 85 cm folded to 25 x 11 cm in cover
- Material Details
- Scale : 1 inch = 3000 feet
- Cover is in col. and is attached to corner of map
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 42693
- Accession Number
- BHS1986-43
- Scope and Content
- Item is Wrigley's Official Arrow City map of Greater Vancouver and New Westminster, published by Roy Wrigley Printing & Publishing Co. Ltd. in Vancouver. Map includes a street index of "Vancouver and [the] Lower Mainland." The maps shows main streets, bus lines, interurban lines, street car lines and numbers.
- Media Type
- Cartographic Material
- Notes
- Interior map is entitled "Wrigley's NEW Map of Vancouver and Lower Mainland"
Write Off of Arrears on A. Bommett Capitol Hill Account
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport73437
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 73820
- Meeting Date
- 31-Mar-1919
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 73820
- Meeting Date
- 31-Mar-1919
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Write Off of Percentage Addition Charged on 3448 Patrick Street
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport65813
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 57925
- Meeting Date
- 18-Nov-1929
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 57925
- Meeting Date
- 18-Nov-1929
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Write Off of Tractor Hire Charge
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport65827
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 57939
- Meeting Date
- 18-Nov-1929
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 57939
- Meeting Date
- 18-Nov-1929
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Write of Hospital Account
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport68578
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 73150
- Meeting Date
- 11-Nov-1924
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 73150
- Meeting Date
- 11-Nov-1924
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Writings of Mabel E.H. Hawkshaw
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19355
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1925-1935
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1.5 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a collection of written work by Mable E.H. Hawkshaw. File includes a letter written by Mabel E.H. Hawkshaw, March 23, 1925 to Reeve and Councillors of Burnaby seeking support for the first Burnaby May Day to be held on 23rd of May, 1925; a newspaper clipping dated January 26, 1926 …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1.5 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a collection of written work by Mable E.H. Hawkshaw. File includes a letter written by Mabel E.H. Hawkshaw, March 23, 1925 to Reeve and Councillors of Burnaby seeking support for the first Burnaby May Day to be held on 23rd of May, 1925; a newspaper clipping dated January 26, 1926 with headline "Burnaby May Day Committee Elects Officers and General Executive" (concerning the second Burnaby May Day to be held in May of 1926); three copies of publication "The Periscope" with articles written in 1935 by Mabel Hawkshaw under her pen name of "Percy Egerton Sterling" and one copy of "The Covenant Clarion" with article "An Acient Lineage" written by M.H. (Mable Hawkshaw).
- Accession Code
- HV982.25.2
- Date
- 1925-1935
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-06-13
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
- Articles published in "The Periscope" by Percy Egerton Sterling include: "Early Story of the White Race" (Volume 2 - Number 3 - January 1935); "In the Beginning" (Volume 2 - Number 4 - February 1935); "The Son's of Laughter -- Sax - Ons" (Volume 2 - Number 7 - June 1935).
- Article by Mable Hawkshaw included in "The Covenant Clarion" (Volume 1 - June 1935 - No. 11) titled "An Ancient Lineage)