"Burnaby Village Museum " found 592 records

Soldiers playing golf

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1941]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Frank Battersby (at centre) playing golf with two unidentified fellow soldiers (the location looks to be Vernon, British Columbia). All three men are in uniform. Frank Battersby is crouched as if in mid swing while the soldier at his left points the golf club at the photographer as if…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Frank Battersby (at centre) playing golf with two unidentified fellow soldiers (the location looks to be Vernon, British Columbia). All three men are in uniform. Frank Battersby is crouched as if in mid swing while the soldier at his left points the golf club at the photographer as if it were a rifle (the photographer's shadow is visible in the foreground).

Subjects: Clothing - Military Uniforms; Occupations - Military Personnel

Names: Battersby, Frank

Accession Code: BV004.104.128

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [1941]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 09-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Soldiers playing golf

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1944]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of three unidentified soldiers playing golf while in uniform. The soldier on the left is in mid swing while the other two stand, leaning on their golf clubs and watch (a golf bag full of clubs is visible in the foreground).

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of three unidentified soldiers playing golf while in uniform. The soldier on the left is in mid swing while the other two stand, leaning on their golf clubs and watch (a golf bag full of clubs is visible in the foreground).

Subjects: Occupations - Military Personnel; Clothing - Military Uniforms

Accession Code: BV005.30.39

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [1944]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Date: 1/19/2010

Photographer: Battersby, Frank

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Soo Line logo

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1930 and 1949]

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 logo for Soo Line Railroad Company on the side of a train car.

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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

Material Details: stamped on verso, l.r. "816"

Scope and Content: Photograph of the logo for Soo Line Railroad Company on the side of a train car.

Subjects: Transportation - Rail

Accession Code: BV985.6114.18

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1930 and 1949]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-03-12

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Southern Pacific Lines freight car

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1930 and 1949]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the side of a freight car with a painted logo for "SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINES." Below the logo reads: "VENTILATED REFRIGERATOR."

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the side of a freight car with a painted logo for "SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINES." Below the logo reads: "VENTILATED REFRIGERATOR."

Subjects: Transportation - Rail

Names: Southern Pacific Company

Accession Code: BV985.6114.123

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1930 and 1949]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-04-02

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "742"

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Southern Pacific Lines freight car, [between 1930 and 1949] thumbnail

Southern Pacific Lines logo

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1930 and 1949]

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 a painted logo for "SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINES."

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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 a painted logo for "SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINES."

Subjects: Transportation - Rail

Names: Southern Pacific Company

Accession Code: BV985.6114.73

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1930 and 1949]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-03-26

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "012"

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SP 4412

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1930 and 1949]

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 Southern Pacific Company locomotive no. 4412 "Daylight." The train served from San Francisco to Los Angeles.

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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 Southern Pacific Company locomotive no. 4412 "Daylight." The train served from San Francisco to Los Angeles.

Subjects: Transportation - Locomotives; Transportation - Rail

Names: Southern Pacific Company

Accession Code: BV985.6114.31

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1930 and 1949]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-03-12

Notes: Title based on note written on verso of photograph; Handwritten note in black ball-point pen on verso of photograph reads: "SP 4412/ The Daylight/ SF to LA"; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "541 F"

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SP 4412, [between 1930 and 1949] thumbnail

SP 4429 in San Francisco

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1930 and 1949]

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 Southern Pacific Company "Daylight" locomotive no. 4429 in San Francisco. Men are visible walking near the train.

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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 Southern Pacific Company "Daylight" locomotive no. 4429 in San Francisco. Men are visible walking near the train.

Subjects: Transportation - Locomotives; Transportation - Rail

Names: Southern Pacific Company

Accession Code: BV985.6114.38

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1930 and 1949]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-03-19

Notes: Title based on note written on verso of photograph; Handwritten note in black ball-point pen on verso of photograph reads: "S.P. 4429 in S.F."; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "541 F"

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SP 4429 in San Francisco, [between 1930 and 1949] thumbnail

Staff reunion party

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1940 and 1950]

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 staff reunion floor party for employees of the dressmaking department at "The Bay" department store. Flossie Parsons can be seen seated near the centre of the photograph in the white sweater.

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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 staff reunion floor party for employees of the dressmaking department at "The Bay" department store. Flossie Parsons can be seen seated near the centre of the photograph in the white sweater.

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: BV017.38.11

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [between 1940 and 1950]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 26-Mar-2018

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Staff reunion party, [between 1940 and 1950] thumbnail

Standing at the site of a house

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [194-] (date of original), copied 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 4.5 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified elderly man and woman standing in front of rubble on a site for a house. Beside the rubble is a house standing beside trees. The area is a residential as there are are several other houses in the background. The location is unidentified, but it is likely that the pho…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 4.5 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified elderly man and woman standing in front of rubble on a site for a house. Beside the rubble is a house standing beside trees. The area is a residential as there are are several other houses in the background. The location is unidentified, but it is likely that the photograph was taken in Burnaby.

Accession Code: HV976.251.28

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [194-] (date of original), copied 1976

Media Type: Photograph

Related Material: For another photograph of the elderly lady, see HV976.251.30

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: 22/8/2006

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Standing at the site of a house, [194-] (date of original), copied 1976 thumbnail

Standing with a Mountie

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1944]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of three men in military uniforms standing with a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer in dress uniform. The solider on the far right is Frank Battersby.

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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 8.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of three men in military uniforms standing with a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer in dress uniform. The solider on the far right is Frank Battersby.

Subjects: Occupations - Military Personnel; Public Services - Policing; Clothing - Uniforms; Clothing - Military Uniforms

Names: Battersby, Frank

Accession Code: BV005.30.34

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [1944]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Date: 1/19/2010

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Standing with a Mountie, [1944] thumbnail

Steam locomotive no. 2850

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [after 1938]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 5.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Canadian Pacific Railway steam locomotive no. 2850 (built in 1938) at an unidentified location. There are wood plank walkways on the sides of the tracks and an unidentified building on the right.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 5.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Canadian Pacific Railway steam locomotive no. 2850 (built in 1938) at an unidentified location. There are wood plank walkways on the sides of the tracks and an unidentified building on the right.

Subjects: Transportation - Locomotives; Transportation - Rail

Names: Canadian Pacific Railway Company

Accession Code: BV985.6114.35

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [after 1938]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-03-12

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Handwritten note in black ball-point pen on verso of photograph reads: "2850"; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "623 F"

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Steam locomotive no. 2850, [after 1938] thumbnail

Steve McPherson in front of John Archibald house

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1947 and 1949]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the home of John "Archibald" and Laura McPherson located at 2534 Gifffiths Avenue (address after 1959: 6729 Griffiths Avenue). Laura and Archibald's son Steve McPherson is front of the house, holding onto the handle bars of a bicycle. The house was built by Archibald McPherson around …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the home of John "Archibald" and Laura McPherson located at 2534 Gifffiths Avenue (address after 1959: 6729 Griffiths Avenue). Laura and Archibald's son Steve McPherson is front of the house, holding onto the handle bars of a bicycle. The house was built by Archibald McPherson around 1947 or 1948 with an addition added on later.

Names: McPherson, Steve; McPherson, John Archibald "Archibald"

Geographic Access: Griffiths Avenue

Street Address: 6729 Griffiths Avenue

Accession Code: BV022.10.2

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1947 and 1949]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Kingsway-Beresford Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2022-05-16

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "Archie & Laura McPherson House / 2534 Giffiths Ave / circa 1940's / original homestead. Addition / added later to right side / window you see is kitchen / My uncle Steve McPherson / in front on his bike"

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Steve McPherson in front of John Archibald house, [between 1947 and 1949] thumbnail

Street Scene

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1948]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.8 x 11.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a row of house being built along a road lined with electric posts. Catalogue information from 1976 indicates that it is a street scene from Burnaby, possibly Kitchener Street and Gilmore Avenue, ca. 1948. Ths may be the site of the Willingdon Heights subdivision. Stamped on back of…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.8 x 11.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a row of house being built along a road lined with electric posts. Catalogue information from 1976 indicates that it is a street scene from Burnaby, possibly Kitchener Street and Gilmore Avenue, ca. 1948. Ths may be the site of the Willingdon Heights subdivision. Stamped on back of photo: "328X."

Subjects: Industries - Construction; Buildings - Residential - Houses

Names: Bingham, Alfred "Alf"

Geographic Access: Gilmore Avenue; Kitchener Street

Accession Code: HV971.12.86

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1948]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Willingdon Heights Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-03-21

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Sunday School class at Edmonds Baptist Church

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1941 or 1942]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 5.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the students and teacher of Sunday School at Edmonds Baptist Church in Burnaby sitting and standing in two rows outside the church. building. Standing in the back row (from left) are; Audrey Shaw, Phyllis Palmer, (Miss) Marion Bennett (teacher), Barbra Paul and Bessie McMurray. Sittin…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 5.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the students and teacher of Sunday School at Edmonds Baptist Church in Burnaby sitting and standing in two rows outside the church. building. Standing in the back row (from left) are; Audrey Shaw, Phyllis Palmer, (Miss) Marion Bennett (teacher), Barbra Paul and Bessie McMurray. Sitting in the front row are; Joyce Webb, Lillian Chivers, Ella Beatty, Dorothy Chivers and Louise Wilson.

Subjects: Buildings - Religious - Churches

Names: Edmonds Baptist Church; Shaw, Audrey; Palmer, Phyllis; Bennett, Marion; Paul, Barbara; McMurray, Bessie; Webb, Joyce; Chivers, Lillian; Beatty, Ella; Chivers, Dorothy; Wilson, Louise

Accession Code: BV005.35.16

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [1941 or 1942]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 11-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "Sunday School Class Back Row L-R Audrey Shaw Phyllis Palmer Miss Marion Bennett Barbra Paul Bessie McMurray/ Front Row L - R Joyce Webb Lillian Chivers Me - Ella Beatty Dorothy Chivers Louise Wilson"

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Sunday School class at Edmonds Baptist Church, [1941 or 1942] thumbnail

Survey and Subdivision plans in New Westminster District Group 1 – Burnaby

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1861]-[1910]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 14 plans : 3 plans : black ink on paper hand col. + 7 plans : black ink on paper + 4 plans : graphite on paper mounted on 2 sides of cardboard 76 x 102 cm

Scope and Content: Item consists of a large board of four New Westminster District Gp 1 - subdivision plans mounted on one side and ten New Westminster District Gp 1 - subdivision plans mounted on the other side. Side A: 1. "Plan /of / Lots 166A, 166 and 167 /, Gr.1, N.W.D. / Showing Misconstructed Roads in Gree…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Series: Survey and Subdivision plans series

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 14 plans : 3 plans : black ink on paper hand col. + 7 plans : black ink on paper + 4 plans : graphite on paper mounted on 2 sides of cardboard 76 x 102 cm

Material Details: Scales [between 1:2376 and 1:7920]; Index number on edge of board reads: "19"

Scope and Content: Item consists of a large board of four New Westminster District Gp 1 - subdivision plans mounted on one side and ten New Westminster District Gp 1 - subdivision plans mounted on the other side. Side A: 1. "Plan /of / Lots 166A, 166 and 167 /, Gr.1, N.W.D. / Showing Misconstructed Roads in Green / 5 chs = 1 in.". (plan is drawn in black ink and hand coloured in red, green and orange ink). A section in the centre of the plan is coloured in red ink and identified as "C.S. Richmond" running from the North Arm of Fraser River to Wiggins Road and divided by "New Wiggins Rd. (as gazetted)" (coloured in orange ink) and two"Constructed Road(s)" (coloured in green ink). Plan is initialed by: "RB" [sic] (in blue pencil crayon) 2. Plan of / Subdivision of / Lot 166 / Group One / New Westminster District / Scale 4 chs = 1 in. / Map No 524". Plan is drawn in graphite and signed by "Surrig [sic] Welhams [sic] / P.L.S." Plan is initialed by: "RB" [sic] (in blue pencil crayon) 3. Plan of "Survey / of Highway / For / Burnaby Council / in / Lots 13 _14 / Group One / Scale 4 chs = 1 in." Signed by "Albert J. Hill, P.L.S." Caribou Street and Caribou Road run through the centre of the plan. Plan is stamped: "Albert J. Hill, Civil Engineer / and / Provincial Land Surveyor, / New Westminster, / B.C.". Plan is initialed by: "RB" [sic] (in blue pencil crayon) 4. A Plan of Lots 166A, 166 and 167, Group One, New Westminster District (drawn in graphite). A section in the centre of the plan is identified as "C.S. Richmond" running from the North Arm of Fraser River and divided by "New Wiggins Rd. (as gazetted)" and two "Constructed Road(s)". Plan is initialed by: "RB" [sic] (in blue pencil crayon) Side B: 1. Small plan drawn in black ink (no title) identifying lots north of the "North Arm" of the Fraser River. Lots identified include: Lot 99, Lot 98, Lot 157, Lot 158, Lot 163, Lot 162, Lot 159, Lot 163, Lot 162, Lot 165, Lot 166A, Lot 155B, Lot 155A and Lot 159. "Scale 40 chains to one inch" . Plan is initialed by: "RB" [sic] (in blue pencil crayon) (Geographic location: Burnaby) 2. Small plan drawn in black ink (no title) identifying lots north of the North Arm of the Fraser River as "Lots 155, 155A, 155B, 155C, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166A and 167". Plan is initialed by: "RB" [sic] (in blue pencil crayon) (Geographic location: Burnaby) 3. Small plan drawn in black ink (no title) which identifies "Lot 151 / Reserve/ for / Race Course"; "Reserve / 64 A / L. 152 G.1"; and other Lots: 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39. The plan is signed "Surveyor G.Turn [sic] July / 61 / from Vol 40 R.L. notes [sic]" Plan is stamped: "Albert J. Hill, Civil Engineer / and / Provincial Land Surveyor, / New Westminster, / B.C." Plan is initialed by: "RB" [sic] (in blue pencil crayon) (Geographic location: Burnaby) 4. Small plan drawn in black in with faded red colouring on centre lot identified as "Lot 34" running north from "Vancouver Road" . Plan is stamped: "Albert J. Hill, Civil Engineer / and / Provincial Land Surveyor, / New Westminster, / B.C." Plan is initialed by: "RB" [sic] (in blue pencil crayon) (Geographic location: Burnaby) 5. Plan drawn in graphite and identified as "Lot 98, Gr.1," along with the intials "RB" [sic] (both are handwritten in blue crayon pencil on top of plan) The B.C.E.Railway is identified running through the plan along with Jubilee Road and Royal Oak Road. The plan is signed with the name "Wm. Murray" and the Plan is stamped: "Albert J. Hill, Civil Engineer / and / Provincial Land Surveyor, / New Westminster, / B.C.". (Geographic location: Burnaby) 6. Plan drawn in graphite identified as "Port Lot 13, Gr.1" along with the intials "RB" [sic] (both are handwritten in blue crayon pencil on top of plan) Plan is stamped: "Albert J. Hill, Civil Engineer / and / Provincial Land Surveyor, / New Westminster, / B.C.". (Geographic location: Burnaby) 7.Plan drawn in black ink and identified as "Lot 98 G.1" along with the intials "RB" [sic] (both are handwritten in blue crayon pencil on top of plan). A "Road Reservation" is identified running north between "Electric Tramway" and connecting with "Royal Oak Road". Plan is stamped: "Albert J. Hill, Civil Engineer / and / Provincial Land Surveyor, / New Westminster, / B.C." (Geographic location: Burnaby) 8. Plan drawn in black ink and divided into two sections, the upper plan is identified as "Portion / Lots 100 / area / 101, Gr.1" and the lower plan is identified as "Portion L. 3 G. 1" along with the intials "RB" [sic] (these identifiers are handwritten in blue crayon pencil on top of the plan). Portions of Lot 100 and Lot 101 are each divided into 6 sections and the Portion of Lot 3 plan is divided into 24 sections. The plan includes a note in black ink that reads: " Received from Wm Fromme [sic] / from Wm. Trapp / Nov. 28, 1895 / A. J. T...[sic]". (Geographic location: Burnaby) 9. Plan drawn in black ink (no title) identifying soil, buildings and geographic features in southern Burnaby. The plan is bordered by "New Westminster City" (Tenth Avenue and DL 172) to the south east and DL 173 to the south, DL 158 to the west and the B.C.E. Tramway to the north. Plan includes District Lots: 155A, 158, 159, 171, 160, 53 and 95 and identifies soil, marshland and ravines throughout. Plan identifies the following features: a "Team Road" running through Lots 158 and 159 along with "Fair Orchard Soil / Even Surface Throughout / No Ravines", "Gravel and Shingle" (bottom of Lot 158), "North Arm Road" crossing "Byrne Road" and connecting with "Power House Road" which runs north to connect with "Highland Park Station" and the B.C.E. Tramway, "Power Ho" in the northeast corner of DL 160, a "Brook" connected with a "Deep Ravine" running between DL 53, DL 95 and DL 160 along with "Good Soil" and "Fair Orchard Soil" identified nearby in DL 95. Scale is identified as "10 chs = 1 in." Plan is stamped: "Albert J. Hill, Civil Engineer / and / Provincial Land Surveyor, / New Westminster, / B.C." Plan is initialed by: "RB" [sic] (in blue pencil crayon) (Geographic location: Burnaby) 10. Plan drawn in black ink (no title) with Burnaby Lake and Deer Lake at the centre. The plan is bordered by the following District Lots identified as: 117, 118 and 68 to the west, Lots 80, 79 and 85 to the southwest, Lots 11, 13, and 1 (City of New Westminster) to the south east, the North Road boundary to the east and Lots 8, 56, 57, 59, and 136 to the North. The lower right hand corner of the plan has a small inset which reads: "Burnaby Lake" and "Page 19 R.B. Notes". Plan is initialed by: "RB" [sic] (in blue pencil crayon) (Geographic location: Burnaby)

Creator: Hill, Albert James

Accession Code: HV977.93.19

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1861]-[1910]

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Scan Resolution: 300

Scale: 72

Notes: Title based on contents of file; Scale is measured in chains. (One chain equals 792 inches); The term "Lot" can also refer to a "District Lot”; Some plans are stamped: "Albert J. Hill, Civil Engineer / and / Provincial Land Surveyor, / New Westminster, / B.C." and intialed: "RB" [sic]

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Survey and Subdivision plans in New Westminster District Group 1 – Burnaby
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Survey and Subdivision plans in New Westminster District Group 1 – Burnaby, Port Moody

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1862-1908]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 9 plans : 6 plans : black ink on paper ; 57 x 36.5 cm or smaller + 1 plan : black ink and grahite on paper ; 46.5 x 49 cm + 1 plan : blueprint on paper ; 15.5 x 19.5 cm + cm + 1 plan : graphite on paper ; 25 x 17 cm ; mounted on both sides of board 76 x 102 cm

Scope and Content: Item consists of a large board of four New Westminster District subdivision plans mounted on one side and five New Westminster District subdivision plans mounted on the other side. Side A: 1. "Plan / of Subdivision / of a Portion / of / Lot 87 / Group One / New Westminster District / Scale 4 chs…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Series: Survey and Subdivision plans series

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 9 plans : 6 plans : black ink on paper ; 57 x 36.5 cm or smaller + 1 plan : black ink and grahite on paper ; 46.5 x 49 cm + 1 plan : blueprint on paper ; 15.5 x 19.5 cm + cm + 1 plan : graphite on paper ; 25 x 17 cm ; mounted on both sides of board 76 x 102 cm

Material Details: Scales [between 1:792 and 1:3600]; Index number on edge of board reads: "26"

Scope and Content: Item consists of a large board of four New Westminster District subdivision plans mounted on one side and five New Westminster District subdivision plans mounted on the other side. Side A: 1. "Plan / of Subdivision / of a Portion / of / Lot 87 / Group One / New Westminster District / Scale 4 chs = 1 in". Plan is stamped: "Albert J. Hill, Civil Engineer / and / Provincial Land Surveyor, / New Westminster, / B.C." and intialed by: "RB" [sic] (in blue pencil crayon). Names two of the subdivisons of District Lot 87 are identified as, "L.E. Sprott" and "John Ledger". (Geographic location: Burnaby) 2. "Plan of Subdivision / of / Portions of / Lot 136, 131 and Lots 44 and 78 Gr.1 / New Westminster District / Scale 300 ft = 1 inch". Annotation above title reads: "No. 901 / Deposited in Land Registry Office / New Westminster / Aug. 19th 1905 / Charles S. Keith D. Reg." Annotations and signatures at bottom of plan read: "I, William Nelson Draper, / W.H.R. Collister / Charles E. Perkins / E.B. Morgan / make / Surveys / correct / representation / upon / the / Land Registry Act / (sgd) W.N. Draper, P.L.S.". Plan includes a handwritten title: "Lots 136, 131, 44 & 78" and is initialed: "RB" [sic] (in blue pencil crayon) (Geographic location: Burnaby) 3. "Survey / of / a Portion / of / Lot 95, Gr.1 / Scale 1 ch = 1in." Plan is stamped: "Albert J. Hill, Civil Engineer / and / Provincial Land Surveyor, / New Westminster, / B.C." and is initialed : "RB" [sic] (in blue pencil crayon) (Geographic location: Burnaby) 4. Blueprint plan of "Lot 396. Group One." with Scale : 3 chs = 1 in. A two acre portion of District Lot 396 is filled in with red ink." Plan is signed by "Albert J. Hill / B.C.L.S." (Geographic location: Port Moody) Side B: 1. Plan titled "District Lot 92 / Burnaby / Municipality / for sale by / Mahon / McFarland & / Mahon Ltd. / Vancouver, B.C. / Scale : 4 chains to one inch". District Lot 92 is subdivided into 161 lots and identifies roads: Norwich Road, Pole Line Road, Oakland Road, Stanley Road, Burford Road, Dalhousie Road, Brantford Road, Colborne Road, Roberts Road, Vancouver & Westminster Road, B.C. Electric Railway, Gilley Stn. and Burnaby (Power House). The bottom of the plan reads: "G.S. Dawson, P.LS. Vancouver, B.C." (Geographic location: Burnaby) 2. "Plan / of Subdivision / of a Portion / of / Lot 29 / Group 1 / New Westminster District / Scale 2 chs = 1 in". Plan is stamped: "Albert J. Hill, Civil Engineer / and / Provincial Land Surveyor, / New Westminster, / B.C." and is initialed by: "RB" [sic] (in blue pencil crayon) (Geographic location: Burnaby) 3. Small handrawn plan (no title) identifying "Lot 84 / Hydes, Claim" at the centre surrounded by lots and features identified as: "Lot 85", "Lot 93", "Lot 94", "Lot 32", "Lot 82", "Lot 83", "Lot 79", "swamp" and a "Small Lake" (Burnaby Lake). Identifying marks in the right corner of the plan read: "Page 13 / Surveyed by G. Turner / May 62". Plan also includes surveyor's bearing measurements and trails to "Small Lake" (Burnaby Lake). (Geographic location: Burnaby) 4. Untitled plan showing District Lots west of North Road and north of Burnaby Lake including: Lots 2, 4, 6, 8, 15, 10, 56, 148, 57, 58, 40. and Lots 3, 5, 7 east of North Road (Coquitlam). Lots in Burnaby are identifed for timber including: "Heavily Timbered" (Lot 57), " "Some Fir and Cedar" (Lot 40), "Splendid Fir and Cedar" (Lot 143), "Heavy Fir etc" (Lots 143 and 148), " "Fine Cedar" (Lot 15), "Rough Light Timber" (Lot 56). Other features identified at the lower portion of the plan include "Burnaby Lake" and "Brunette River". (Geographic location: Burnaby) 5. Untitled plan drawn in graphite showing sections of District Lot 85 south of Burnaby Lake and north of Hazsard Road. Plan is signed: "Albert J. Hill / B.C.L.S." and dated "12/26/08". Plan is initialed by: "RB" [sic] (in blue pencil crayon) (Geographic location: Burnaby)

Creator: Hill, Albert James; Draper, William Nelson

Publisher: Mahon, McFarland & Mahon Ltd

Accession Code: HV977.93.26

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1862-1908]

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood); Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

Scan Resolution: 300

Scale: 72

Notes: Title based on contents of file; Scale is measured in chains and feet. (One chain equals 792 inches); The term "Lot" can also refer to a "District Lot”

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Survey and Subdivision plans in New Westminster District Group 1 – Burnaby, Port Moody, [1862-1908] thumbnail

Switch engine pulling two interurban cars

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1940] (date of original), copied [ca. 2000]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w copy print ; 9 cm x 13.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of British Columbia Electric Railway freight motor switch engine numbered "972" pulling interurban cars numbered "1004" and "1006".

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w copy print ; 9 cm x 13.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of British Columbia Electric Railway freight motor switch engine numbered "972" pulling interurban cars numbered "1004" and "1006".

Subjects: Transportation - Electric Railroads

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Accession Code: BV012.18.9

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1940] (date of original), copied [ca. 2000]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 13-Mar-2018

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Typewritten note on verso of photograph reads: "HELP FOR THE SICK / After breaking down on a tripper run on the Central Park line, BCER #'s 1004 and 1006 are / being made ready to be taken back to the New / Westminster shops by BCER Freight Motor #972 / at the Highland Park spur on a summer day in 1940."

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Switch engine pulling two interurban cars, [1940] (date of original), copied [ca. 2000] thumbnail

Table by the window

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1940]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of a table by a window, with an arrangement of teapot, sugar bowl, mug, paper bag and other items on it. The location is not identified.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

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

Material Details: stamped on verso, l.l. [sideways] "2700"

Scope and Content: Photograph of a table by a window, with an arrangement of teapot, sugar bowl, mug, paper bag and other items on it. The location is not identified.

Subjects: Furniture

Accession Code: BV985.5789.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1940]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-02-02

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Theodore Olaf Brue

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1597

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1947 and 1950] (date of original)

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 18 x 13 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Theodore Olaf Brue in his British Columbia Provincial Police uniform (regimental number 873). From 1947 to 1954, Theodore Brue was in charge of the Terrace, British Columbia detachment. In 1950, when the Royal Canadian Mounted Police took over the provincial police forces, he became a…

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 18 x 13 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Theodore Olaf Brue in his British Columbia Provincial Police uniform (regimental number 873). From 1947 to 1954, Theodore Brue was in charge of the Terrace, British Columbia detachment. In 1950, when the Royal Canadian Mounted Police took over the provincial police forces, he became a member of the RCMP.

Subjects: Public Services - Policing; Clothing - Uniforms

Names: Brue, Theodore Olaf; British Columbia Provincial Police

Accession Code: BV001.25.72

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [between 1947 and 1950] (date of original)

Media Type: Photograph

Related Material: For a laser copy of the same photographic image, see BV004.23.45

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 09-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Theodore Olaf Brue, [between 1947 and 1950] (date of original) thumbnail

Theodore Olaf Brue in uniform

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1596

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1941] (date of original)

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 11.5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Theodore Olaf Brue in uniform at twenty-nine years of age. This photograph was taken in front of his house on Georgia Street in Vancouver on the day he received his British Columbia Provincial Police uniform (his regimental number was 873).

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 11.5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Theodore Olaf Brue in uniform at twenty-nine years of age. This photograph was taken in front of his house on Georgia Street in Vancouver on the day he received his British Columbia Provincial Police uniform (his regimental number was 873).

History: Taken in front of his home on Georgia Street, in Vancouver, c. 1941, on the day he received his B.C. Police uniform

Subjects: Public Services - Policing; Clothing - Uniforms

Names: Brue, Theodore Olaf; British Columbia Provincial Police

Geographic Access: Vancouver

Accession Code: BV001.25.71

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [1941] (date of original)

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 09-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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