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William John Peers

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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 ; 1.5 x 3.5 cm cut to size on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of William John "Bob" Peers holding a tennis racket. The photograph has been cut to shape around his 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 ; 1.5 x 3.5 cm cut to size on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-488

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of William John "Bob" Peers holding a tennis racket. The photograph has been cut to shape around his outline and pasted on an album page with similar pictures collectively titled "Heads and Tales."

Subjects: Sports - Tennis

Names: Peers Family; Peers, William John "Bob"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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William Randolph Beamish scrapbook

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1861-2009

Collection/Fonds: William Randolph Beamish fonds

Description Level: Series

Physical Description: 3.5 cm. of textual records; 17 small b&w prints; 10 med. prints; and 6 large b&w prints.

Scope and Content: Series consists of records that were compiled into a binder as a scrapbook by Ilma Beamish Dunn, the adopted sister of William Randolph Beamish. Scope and content notes at the file- and item-level have been drawn from the thorough recordkeeping Dunn employed in creating the scrapbook.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1861-2009

Collection/Fonds: William Randolph Beamish fonds

Series: William Randolph Beamish scrapbook series

Physical Description: 3.5 cm. of textual records; 17 small b&w prints; 10 med. prints; and 6 large b&w prints.

Description Level: Series

Record No.: 66672

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2023-03

Scope and Content: Series consists of records that were compiled into a binder as a scrapbook by Ilma Beamish Dunn, the adopted sister of William Randolph Beamish. Scope and content notes at the file- and item-level have been drawn from the thorough recordkeeping Dunn employed in creating the scrapbook.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

William Shand at Environment Day

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2000]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 2 photographs (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of William Shand trying and reacting to a salmonberry he picked during a nature walk in Deer Lake Park as part of Burnaby's Environment Day.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2000]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 2 photographs (tiff) : col.

Description Level: File

Record No.: 535-2439

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of William Shand trying and reacting to a salmonberry he picked during a nature walk in Deer Lake Park as part of Burnaby's Environment Day.

Subjects: Persons - Children; Events

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a June 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata for 535-2439-1: "William Shand, 12, tries a salmonberry he picked during a nature walk along the trails at Deer Lake Park, part of Burnaby's Environment Day celebrations on Saturday..."; Caption from metadata for 535-2439-2: "...but he seems less than thrilled with the result."

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Park; Deer Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

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William Shand at Environment Day, [2000] thumbnail

William Walker and his crew

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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 William Walker, a member of a crew contracted by the municipality to clear the area between Colborne Avenue, Brantford Avenue and Imperial Street in South Burnaby The land was cleared by blasting. The tree in this picture measured 24 feet in circumference.

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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.: 204-225

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of William Walker, a member of a crew contracted by the municipality to clear the area between Colborne Avenue, Brantford Avenue and Imperial Street in South Burnaby The land was cleared by blasting. The tree in this picture measured 24 feet in circumference.

Subjects: Land Clearing; Plants - Trees

Names: Walker, William

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Kingsway-Beresford Area

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William Walker and his crew, 1913 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

William Whiting hauling strawberries

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1896]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.9 x 13.8 cm mounted on 17.8 x 22.7 cm cardboard

Scope and Content: Photograph of William Whiting seated in a horse-drawn wagon hauling strawberries from Burnaby to New Westminster.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1896]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.9 x 13.8 cm mounted on 17.8 x 22.7 cm cardboard

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 037-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of William Whiting seated in a horse-drawn wagon hauling strawberries from Burnaby to New Westminster.

Subjects: Agriculture - Fruit and Berries; Transportation - Horses; Transportation - Wagons

Names: Whiting, William

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Annotation on back of photograph reads, "Mr. W. Whiting taking load of stawberries into New West about 62 years ago (1958)."

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William Whiting hauling strawberries, [1896] thumbnail

William Whiting's agricultural display

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1905]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.4 x 17.0 cm mounted on 19.8 x 24.8 cm cardboard

Scope and Content: Photograph of William Whiting's agricultural display at New Westminster. Vegetables, fruit, grains and preserves are displayed inside a building. "W. Whiting" is spelled out at the base of the display. A sign reads "Third Prize."

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1905]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.4 x 17.0 cm mounted on 19.8 x 24.8 cm cardboard

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 037-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of William Whiting's agricultural display at New Westminster. Vegetables, fruit, grains and preserves are displayed inside a building. "W. Whiting" is spelled out at the base of the display. A sign reads "Third Prize."

Subjects: Agriculture - Crops; Exhibitions - Agricultural; Agriculture - Fruit and Berries

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Cornish, New Westminster, BC

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Annotation on back of photograph reads, "This exhibit was grown w. my garden at Burnaby Lake"

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William Whiting's agricultural display, [1905] thumbnail

William W. Kenrick

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1895]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 14 cm on mat 10.5 x 16 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a studio portrait of William Kenrick, the uncle of Kitty Hill Peers. William served in the Indian Army Medical Corps.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1895]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 14 cm on mat 10.5 x 16 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-009

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph is a studio portrait of William Kenrick, the uncle of Kitty Hill Peers. William served in the Indian Army Medical Corps.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Portraits

Names: Kenrick, William W.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photographers identified as Baliand, D.N., Rawalpindi, and Muree

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William W. Kenrick

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1910]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 14 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of William Kenrick in uniform taken in a photographic studio. He was the uncle of Kitty Hill Peers and served in the Indian Army Medical Corps.

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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 ; 10 x 14 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-010

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of William Kenrick in uniform taken in a photographic studio. He was the uncle of Kitty Hill Peers and served in the Indian Army Medical Corps.

Subjects: Occupations - Military Personnel; Clothing - Military Uniforms

Names: Kenrick, William W.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: " Mr. Langton / Electric / Light / Photographer / High Class Portraits / at any hour / Day of Night / Appointments required for sitting after / 7PM / 35 / Buckingham Palace Road / Nearly opposite/ Buckingham Palace / Belgravia / S.W.

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Willie McGillivray

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1914 and 1916] (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of Willie McGillivray in Scottish regalia. He would be killed in the First World War.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1914 and 1916] (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries

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

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 315-280

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1994-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of Willie McGillivray in Scottish regalia. He would be killed in the First World War.

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

Names: McGillivray, William George "Willie"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Willie McGillivray, [between 1914 and 1916] (date of original), copied 1992 thumbnail

Willingdon on-ramp flooding

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2005]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 2 photographs (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of flooding at the Willingdon on-ramp to Highway 1 in Burnaby after a significant rainstorm. Photographs depict a worker placing pylons to close the on-ramp and cars attempting to drive through deep puddles by the highway.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2005]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 2 photographs (tiff) : col.

Description Level: File

Record No.: 535-1860

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of flooding at the Willingdon on-ramp to Highway 1 in Burnaby after a significant rainstorm. Photographs depict a worker placing pylons to close the on-ramp and cars attempting to drive through deep puddles by the highway.

Subjects: Natural Phenomena - Floods; Geographic Features - Roads; Transportation - Automobiles

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a January 2005 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata for 535-1860-1: "A worker for Mainroad Contracting closes the Willingdon on-ramp to Highway 1 because of flooding during Monday's torrential rainstorm."; Caption from metadata for 535-1860-2: "After two weeks of snow and cold temperatures, Lower Mainland drivers find themselves in familiar territory, plowing through deep puddles on Willingdon, just north of Highway 1."

Geographic Access: Willingdon Avenue

Planning Study Area: West Central Valley Area

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Willingdon on-ramp flooding, [2005] thumbnail

Wilson family home

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [190-] (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 Wilson family home on Westminster Road (now 4330 Kingsway) and Wilson Avenue (named after the family) near Central Park. Left to right: unidentified friend, Mrs. Annie Walmsley Wilson (mother), Annie Walmsley (half-sister, born to Annie Wilson and first husband, Samuel Walmsley),…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [190-] (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.: 204-641

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Wilson family home on Westminster Road (now 4330 Kingsway) and Wilson Avenue (named after the family) near Central Park. Left to right: unidentified friend, Mrs. Annie Walmsley Wilson (mother), Annie Walmsley (half-sister, born to Annie Wilson and first husband, Samuel Walmsley), and Elsie Wilson (half-sister).

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses

Names: Walmsley, Annie; Wilson, Annie Walmsley; Wilson, Elsie

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Westminster Avenue; Kingsway

Street Address: 4330 Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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Wilson family home

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912 (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: Photgraph of the Wilson family home at 3317 Wilson Avenue (later renumbered 6088 Wilson Avenue). This second home on Wilson Avenue was bigger than the family's first home on Westminster Road, with seven rooms.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912 (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.: 204-642

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photgraph of the Wilson family home at 3317 Wilson Avenue (later renumbered 6088 Wilson Avenue). This second home on Wilson Avenue was bigger than the family's first home on Westminster Road, with seven rooms.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Wilson Avenue

Street Address: 6088 Wilson Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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Wilson family home, 1912 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Winners grand opening

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2001]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of employees John Silen, Mohammed Badshah, Alison Temmerman, and Brenda MacKirdy cutting a ribbon at the grand opening of a Winners store in Burnaby. Other employees look on from inside the store in the background.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2001]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-2216

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of employees John Silen, Mohammed Badshah, Alison Temmerman, and Brenda MacKirdy cutting a ribbon at the grand opening of a Winners store in Burnaby. Other employees look on from inside the store in the background.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Stores

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a March 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Winners grand opening / R-L / John Silen, assistant manager / Mohammed Badshah, manager / Alison Temmerman, assistant manager / Brenda MacKirdy, assistant manager"

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Winnie Fong with petition

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2002]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of Winnie Fong, the honorary president of the Burnaby Chinese Parents Association, displaying a petition for parents to demand that teachers resume supervising extracurricular activities at schools.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2002]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-2007

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Winnie Fong, the honorary president of the Burnaby Chinese Parents Association, displaying a petition for parents to demand that teachers resume supervising extracurricular activities at schools.

Subjects: Organizations; Education

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a March 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Winnie Fong, the honorary president of the Burnaby Chinese Parents Association, collects signatures to a petition demanding teachers resume supervising extracirricular activities at schools."

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Winnie Fong with petition, [2002] thumbnail

Winnie Hill

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1900 and 1920]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 12.5 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard is a portrait of Winnie Hill.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1900 and 1920]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 12.5 x 8.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-128

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard is a portrait of Winnie Hill.

Names: Rowe, Winnifred L. "Winnie" Hill

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note accompanying photograph; Note in black pen on recto reads: "With love, Winnie"; Stamp on verso reads: "Gepruft / 42 / Gef.-Lager / Chemnitz"; Photograph stamp on recto reads: "Briston. Worthing"

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Winnie Hill

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1900 and 1920]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 13.5 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard is a portrait of Winnie Hill.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1900 and 1920]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 13.5 x 8.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-129

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard is a portrait of Winnie Hill.

Subjects: Occupations - Nurses

Names: Rowe, Winnifred L. "Winnie" Hill

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note accompanying photograph; Note in pencil on album page photograph reads: "Winnie Hill"; Note in blue pen on recto reads: "Aunt Winnie"; Photograph stamp on recto reads: "Briston. Worthing"

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Winnie the Pooh at Lougheed Mall

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2001]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of two unidentified children posing with a Winnie the Pooh mascot at Lougheed Mall.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2001]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-2712

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of two unidentified children posing with a Winnie the Pooh mascot at Lougheed Mall.

Subjects: Clothing - Costumes; Persons - Children

Names: Lougheed Town Centre

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in an August 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Winnie the Pooh greets some of his young fans at a special appearance at Lougheed Mall on Wednesday."