"Buildings - Commercial" found 31 records

Cars lined up in front of BC Auto Company store

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1907]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.9 x 24.2 cm mounted on cardboard 21.4 x 34.2 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of twelve cars lined up on the street in front of the BC Auto Company store depicted in photography HV973.22.3. There are mostly men in suits looking at the cars, but there is at least one woman and few children who are among the men. The auto store is flanked on both sides by various c…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.9 x 24.2 cm mounted on cardboard 21.4 x 34.2 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of twelve cars lined up on the street in front of the BC Auto Company store depicted in photography HV973.22.3. There are mostly men in suits looking at the cars, but there is at least one woman and few children who are among the men. The auto store is flanked on both sides by various commercial stores. The annotation on the back of the card (onto which the photograph is mounted) partially identifies the people and cars in the photo. 1st car (from the right): 4-cylinder Buick, "C.A. Ross at wheel." 4th car : 2-cylinder Buick, "Chief Carlisle at wheel." 5th car: 2-cylinder Buick, Mr. & Mrs. Guinett. 7th car: 4-cylinder Buick, Mr. Brown and W.W.B. McInnis. 9th car: 4-cylinder Wayne, G. Mitchell and G. Corineau Jr. standing in front. Last car: "Russel Sight seeing car sold to Mr. Sterton for trips around Stanley Park." Also annotated on the back of the card: "1907 / 4 Cyl Buick CA Ross at wheel / 5- 2 Cyl Buicks / 2- 4 Cyl Buicks / 1- Wayne 4 Cyl / 2- Pierce Racine 7 Pass 4 Cyl / 1- Beeston Humber 4 Cyl / 1- Russell Sight Seeing Car." The acquisition record identifies the street as the 900 block, Granville Street. Printed in white on the front lower left of the card: Wadds Bros, Vancouver BC."

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Automobile Dealerships; Transportation - Automobiles; Buildings - Commercial - Stores

Names: British Columbia Auto Company

Geographic Access: Vancouver

Accession Code: HV973.22.5

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1907]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-05-09

Photographer: Wadds Brothers

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Cars lined up in front of BC Auto Company store, [1907] thumbnail

A. MacKenzie and Company Jubilee Store

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1907 or 1908]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.8 x 14.0 cm, mounted on cardboard 13.2 x 18.8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the exterior of a store on the ground floor of a two-storey building, with a sign painted on the front face of the second floor. It reads, "A. MacKenzie & Co / Jubilee Store." There are two men in suits standing out in front of the display windows that show stacks of boxes and cans.…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.8 x 14.0 cm, mounted on cardboard 13.2 x 18.8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the exterior of a store on the ground floor of a two-storey building, with a sign painted on the front face of the second floor. It reads, "A. MacKenzie & Co / Jubilee Store." There are two men in suits standing out in front of the display windows that show stacks of boxes and cans. The lot around the building looks vacant, but fenced. There is a wagon drawn by a team of two horses parked or travelling towards the store on the right side of the photograph. The store was owned by Alexander MacKenzie, (1870-1949) who arrived in Vancouver in 1907. There is a discrepancy in the date of the photograph; the accession register dates the photograph 1909 while the donation form signed by the donor dates all the photographs in the accession as 1907 or 1908. Annotations on the bottom front of the card mount read: "Ralph Libby" and "Vancouver B.C." This store later became the Matheson and Sons Market.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - General Stores; Transportation - Wagons; Transportation - Horses

Names: A. MacKenzie and Company Jubilee Store; Matheson and Sons Market

Geographic Access: Kingsway; Nelson Avenue

Accession Code: BV985.24.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1907 or 1908]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Marlborough Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-12-19

Photographer: Libby, Ralph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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A. MacKenzie and Company Jubilee Store, [1907 or 1908] thumbnail

A. MacKenzie & Co. Jubilee Store

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1908

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 14 cm, mounted on cardboard 13 x 19 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of A. MacKenzie & Co. Jubilee Store. There are two men in suits standing out in front of the store, infront of display windows that are lined with stacks of boxes and cans. The lot around the building looks vacant, but fenced. There is a wagon drawn by a team of two horses parked or trav…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1908

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Public Library photograph subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 14 cm, mounted on cardboard 13 x 19 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 228-012

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1989-22

Scope and Content: Photograph of A. MacKenzie & Co. Jubilee Store. There are two men in suits standing out in front of the store, infront of display windows that are lined with stacks of boxes and cans. The lot around the building looks vacant, but fenced. There is a wagon drawn by a team of two horses parked or travelling towards the store on the right. The store was owned by Alexander MacKenzie, (1870-1949) who arrived in Vancouver in 1907. This store later became the Matheson and Sons Market.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - General Stores; Transportation - Wagons; Transportation - Horses

Names: A. MacKenzie and Company Jubilee Store

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Libby, Ralph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 2 b&w copy negatives accompanying; Notes on the bottom front of the card mount read: "Ralph Libby" and "Vancouver B.C."

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Marlborough Area

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A. MacKenzie & Co. Jubilee Store, 1908 thumbnail

BC Auto Company storefront

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1907]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.8 x 16.7 cm mounted on cardboard 17.6 x 22.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the storefront of the BC Auto Company on Granville Street, Vancouver. Seen displayed in the window are cans of various fluids. Lettered on the window is, "Automobiles. / 924", above which is a sign that reads, "Automobile Supplies." A man in overalls and a hat is standing by the st…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.8 x 16.7 cm mounted on cardboard 17.6 x 22.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the storefront of the BC Auto Company on Granville Street, Vancouver. Seen displayed in the window are cans of various fluids. Lettered on the window is, "Automobiles. / 924", above which is a sign that reads, "Automobile Supplies." A man in overalls and a hat is standing by the store window while three men dressed in suits with ties are standing in front of the garage. By their side is a sign that reads, "Automobiles / Touring Cars / Runabouts / Delivery Cars / Trucks / Heavy and Light / Sole Agents for Buick and Russel Cars./ Autos. For Sale or Hire."

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Automobile Dealerships; Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards

Names: British Columbia Auto Company

Geographic Access: Vancouver

Accession Code: HV973.22.3

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1907]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-05-09

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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BC Auto Company storefront, [1907] thumbnail

Bridge Street, Chester

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1880]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 20 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of Bridge Street in Chester. This photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1880]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 20 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-818

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Bridge Street in Chester. This photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Roads; Buildings - Commercial; Transportation - Carriages

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Bridge Street, Chester, [1880] thumbnail

Canadian Pacific Railway Depot

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1908 and 1911]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8.0 x 10.2 cm, mounted on paper 13.5 x 12.2 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of (in the foreground, centre) the Canadian Pacific Railway depot, Vancouver with Burrard Inlet in the background. The north shore can be seen faintly across the water. An annotation reads, "C.P.R. Depot and Burrard Inlet / From Rogers Bldg."

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8.0 x 10.2 cm, mounted on paper 13.5 x 12.2 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of (in the foreground, centre) the Canadian Pacific Railway depot, Vancouver with Burrard Inlet in the background. The north shore can be seen faintly across the water. An annotation reads, "C.P.R. Depot and Burrard Inlet / From Rogers Bldg."

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Train Stations; Geographic Features - Inlets

Names: Canadian Pacific Railway Company

Accession Code: HV972.50.5

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1908 and 1911]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-03-28

Photographer: Dean, H.M.

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Canadian Pacific Railway Depot, [between 1908 and 1911] thumbnail

The Depot. Barnet BC

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1907]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8.5 x 1 4cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of a Canadian Pacific Railway train pulling into the train station at Barnet. The caption on the bottom of the card reads: "The Depot. Barnet B.C."

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1907]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Charles Lee subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8.5 x 1 4cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 411-007

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2000-13

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of a Canadian Pacific Railway train pulling into the train station at Barnet. The caption on the bottom of the card reads: "The Depot. Barnet B.C."

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Postcards; Transportation - Rail; Buildings - Commercial - Train Stations

Names: Canadian Pacific Railway Company

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title taken from caption

Geographic Access: Barnet Village; Barnet Road

Street Address: 8181 Barnet Road

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

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Dow, Fraser and Company Limited

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1900] (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.7 x 10.6 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the exterior of the Dow, Fraser & Co. Ltd. branch building on McKay Avenue with a man standing outside. Signs on the building state that it is a trust company and advertise real estate, loans, and fire insurance.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1900] (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 ; 7.7 x 10.6 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 315-072

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1994-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of the exterior of the Dow, Fraser & Co. Ltd. branch building on McKay Avenue with a man standing outside. Signs on the building state that it is a trust company and advertise real estate, loans, and fire insurance.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial; Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards

Names: Dow, Fraser and Company Limited

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Item no. 315-071 is a closeup of this photograph

Geographic Access: McKay Avenue; Willingdon Avenue

Street Address: 6100 Willingdon Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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Dow, Fraser and Company Limited, [1900] (date of original), copied 1992 thumbnail

George Leaf General Store

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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 ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the George Leaf general store, at 7745 6th Street. Identified are: (left to right) Andy Johnston, Bill Bailey, Harry Archibald, Ed Harris, Bob Burgess (George Leaf's half-brother), and Tom Breen. All were staff members of the store, which was one of the earliest businesses in Burnaby…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1905]

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.: 204-216

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the George Leaf general store, at 7745 6th Street. Identified are: (left to right) Andy Johnston, Bill Bailey, Harry Archibald, Ed Harris, Bob Burgess (George Leaf's half-brother), and Tom Breen. All were staff members of the store, which was one of the earliest businesses in Burnaby. In the reflection of the store window at the right is the streetcar station on the opposite side of the street. This store burned down in 1913, and a second one was built on Keefer Road (now McKay Avenue).

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - General Stores

Names: Archibald, Harry; Bailey, Bill; Breen, Tom; Burgess, Bob; George Leaf General Store; Harris, Ed; Johnston, Andy

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: 6th Street

Street Address: 7745 6th Street

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Edmonds Area

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George Leaf General Store

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1905] (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 inside of the George Leaf General Store and post office at 12th Avenue and 6th Street, 7745 6th Street. This was one of the earliest businesses in Burnaby. This store burned down in 1913, and a second one was built on Keefer Road (now McKay Avenue).

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1905] (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.: 204-217

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the inside of the George Leaf General Store and post office at 12th Avenue and 6th Street, 7745 6th Street. This was one of the earliest businesses in Burnaby. This store burned down in 1913, and a second one was built on Keefer Road (now McKay Avenue).

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - General Stores

Names: George Leaf General Store

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: 6th Street

Street Address: 7745 6th Street

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Edmonds Area

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George Leaf General Store

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1905] (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 inside of the George Leaf General Store and post office at 12th Avenue and 6th Street, 7745 6th Street. This was one of the earliest businesses in Burnaby. This store burned down in 1913, and a second one was built on Keefer Road .

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1905] (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.: 204-218

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the inside of the George Leaf General Store and post office at 12th Avenue and 6th Street, 7745 6th Street. This was one of the earliest businesses in Burnaby. This store burned down in 1913, and a second one was built on Keefer Road .

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - General Stores

Names: George Leaf General Store

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: 6th Street

Street Address: 7745 6th Street

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Edmonds Area

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Grace McGhee

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1909] (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 Grace McGhee (nee George) at McKay station along the Central Park Interurban line.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1909] (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.: 204-010

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Grace McGhee (nee George) at McKay station along the Central Park Interurban line.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Train Stations; Transportation - Electric Railroads

Names: McGhee, Grace George; British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: McKay Avenue; Central Park Interurban line

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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Grace McGhee, [1909] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Granville Street looking south from Rogers building

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1908 and 1911]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.1 x 10.7 cm mounted on paper 13.5 x 18.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Granville Street in Vancouver, looking south from the Roger's Building. The two tall buildings to the sides are under construction, and steam is blowing out from building chimneys. Busy street activities can be seen below with two trams running along the tracks.Inscribed on the scrapb…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.1 x 10.7 cm mounted on paper 13.5 x 18.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Granville Street in Vancouver, looking south from the Roger's Building. The two tall buildings to the sides are under construction, and steam is blowing out from building chimneys. Busy street activities can be seen below with two trams running along the tracks.Inscribed on the scrapbook paper in white ink: "Granville Street / Looking South / From Rogers Building / Vancouver B.C."

Subjects: Geographic Features - Cities; Buildings - Commercial

Geographic Access: Vancouver

Accession Code: HV972.50.2

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1908 and 1911]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-03-28

Photographer: Dean, H.M.

Notes: Title based on caption of photograph

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Granville Street looking south from Rogers building, [between 1908 and 1911] thumbnail

Interior of a general store

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [190-?]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w glass negative

Scope and Content: Photograph of the interior of an unidentified general store. The shelves are fully stocked with products that vary from stoves, lanterns, ladles, to scissors, etc. There are four unidentified men standing. One of them is behind the counter.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w glass negative

Scope and Content: Photograph of the interior of an unidentified general store. The shelves are fully stocked with products that vary from stoves, lanterns, ladles, to scissors, etc. There are four unidentified men standing. One of them is behind the counter.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - General Stores; Occupations - Clerks

Accession Code: HV973.110.13

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [190-?]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: 16/8/2006

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w contact print accompanying negative

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Interior of a general store, [190-?] thumbnail

Interior of a Kingsway Store

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [190-] (date of original), copied 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm, mounted on card 17.5 x 22.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the interior of what has been identified by the accession register as a Kingsway Store. Inside the store, there is a woman wearing an apron standing by the counters who has been identified as Mrs. C.B. Button. Behind the counter, a large cash register can be seen. There are weights…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm, mounted on card 17.5 x 22.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the interior of what has been identified by the accession register as a Kingsway Store. Inside the store, there is a woman wearing an apron standing by the counters who has been identified as Mrs. C.B. Button. Behind the counter, a large cash register can be seen. There are weights, various tin cans, Rennie's seeds, Christie's biscuits, etc. on display. There is a cat sitting on a stool in front of the counter. The interior has hardwood finishing on the floor, walls and ceiling.

Subjects: Animals - Cats; Buildings - Commercial - Stores

Geographic Access: Kingsway; Nelson Avenue

Street Address: 4920 Kingsway

Accession Code: HV976.153.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [190-] (date of original), copied 1976

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Marlborough Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-06-27

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Interior of a Kingsway Store, [190-] (date of original), copied 1976 thumbnail

Interior of butcher shop

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1900?]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w glass negative

Scope and Content: Interior view of an unidentified butcher shop shows meat hanging on racks from the ceiling, and a man standing by a counter.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w glass negative

Scope and Content: Interior view of an unidentified butcher shop shows meat hanging on racks from the ceiling, and a man standing by a counter.

Subjects: Occupations - Butchers; Buildings - Commercial - Stores

Accession Code: HV973.110.5

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1900?]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: 16/8/2006

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w contact print accompanying negative

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Interior of butcher shop, [1900?] thumbnail

Lambeth Savings Bank

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1880]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph :b&w ; 13.5 x 14 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a building called the Lambeth Savings Bank. This photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1880]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph :b&w ; 13.5 x 14 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-902

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a building called the Lambeth Savings Bank. This photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Banks

Names: Lambeth Savings Bank

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Montreal Bank and Post Office

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1881]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.5 x 21 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: This photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1881]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.5 x 21 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-828

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: This photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Banks; Geographic Features - Roads

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

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Montreal Bank and Post Office, [1881] thumbnail

Murdock and Lillian McMurray interview November 17, 1975 - Track 3

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory245

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1904-1975

Length: 0:09:45

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to Murdock McMurray's opinion of shopping at a store in the present day. He mentions George Green's book "History of Burnaby", the Royal Oak Hotel and the development of Alta Vista. As well, Murdock mentions his father Robert William McMurray. Lillian (Wray) M…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to Murdock McMurray's opinion of shopping at a store in the present day. He mentions George Green's book "History of Burnaby", the Royal Oak Hotel and the development of Alta Vista. As well, Murdock mentions his father Robert William McMurray. Lillian (Wray) McMurray is heard helping her husband with these descriptions.

Date Range: 1904-1975

Photo Info: Emerson Doran (left) and Murdoch McMurray, 1917. Item no. 229-004

Length: 0:09:45

Names: McMurray, R.W.; Royal Oak Hotel

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Interviewer: McGeachie, Doreen “Pixie”

Interview Date: November 17, 1975

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with Murdock McMurray and his wife Lillian (Wray) McMurray conducted by Pixie McGeachie on November 17, 1975. Major themes discussed are: Burnaby's development, the Wray Shoe store and Murdock McMurray's cordwood delivery business.

Biographical Notes: Murdock McMurray was born in Vancouver in 1892 to Wilhelmina May and Robert William McMurray. Other children in the family included older siblings John “Jack” and Margaret Lillian, younger siblings Minnie May born May 4, 1895 and Hampton born June 8, 1902. Murdock’s father Robert worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) but retired shortly after moving his family to Burnaby in 1906. He bought six acres of land of what had been previously the Gilley Ranch, the base of operations for Gilley Bros. Ltd. at 2519 Windsor Street (later renumbered and renamed to the 6400 block Imperial Street). Murdock McMurray quit school early to apprentice as a printer. By sixteen he had left the trade and gone into partnership with his older brother Jack. With a team of horses, harness and a wagon, the brothers helped to macadamize roads, haul building supplies for new homes, deliver cord wood for heating, clear land and excavate basements. When Jack McMurray set off to serve overseas during World War I as a driver in the engineer corps, Murdock bought his team of horses and continued working, mainly in the Deer Lake district. In 1916 Murdoch McMurray partnered with Emerson Doran, nephew of the owner of Doran's Mill to buy Edmonds Coal and Wood fuel yard. As everything was geared towards the war effort, Murdock and Emerson soon ran out of work and had to sell the business. Murdock sold off his horses and equipment and went to work at the ship yard on Pitt River. By 1919 Jack McMurray had returned home from overseas and was working as a fireman at the Shull Lumber and Shingle Mill on the Fraser River. In 1921, he and Murdock teamed up with Emerson Doran and repurchased the Edmonds Coal and Wood fuel yard which they ran together until 1947. Murdock McMurray married Lillian Wray on September 17, 1925. Lillian was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wray, who came to settle in the Jubilee area of Burnaby in 1919. The family lived on Dow Road and Edward Wray operated Jubilee Shoe Store and Post Office. He was known throughout the district as "Wray - The Shoe Man." Mrs. Wray died in 1957 at the age of eight-six and Edward Wray died January 14, 1967 at age of ninety-three. Murdock and Lillian lived at Inverness Street (now Arcola) and raised three children together, Bob, Jack and Bessie. Murdock McMurray died in New Westminster on April 28, 1985 at the age of ninety-two. Lillian Ethel (Wray) McMurray died in Burnaby on February 28, 1986 at the age of eighty-seven.

Total Tracks: 7

Total Length: 0:58:55

Interviewee Name: McMurray, Lillian Wray; McMurray, Murdoch

Interviewer Bio: Doreen "Pixie" (Johnson) McGeachie was a resident of Burnaby for over sixty years. Pixie married John Aloysius "Jack" McGeachie and raised their children Kathi (Dunlop) and David McGeachie in the house the couple built themselves in 1947. Pixie served as the editor for the Burnaby Examiner newspaper and wrote a column entitled "Burnaby History" for The News. In 1974 she authored her first book titled "Bygones of Burnaby" which was one of the first to develop anecdotal stories about pioneer life in Burnaby. She authored "Burnaby - A Proud Century" in 1992 and in 2002 she wrote a biography of the city's namesake in the book "Land of Promise: Robert Burnaby's letters from Colonial B.C." She also contributed many hours of volunteering; helping to establish Burnaby's first museum Heritage Village in 1971, serving as President of the Burnaby Historical Society from 1991-1993. She served a six year term on Burnaby's Heritage Commission leading the charge to preserve many historic sites throughout the city, and during her twenty years as the Community Archives volunteer archivist for the historical society, she succeeded in gathering thousands of rare and valuable historic photographs and documents which now forms the core of the photograph collection on the Heritage Burnaby website (as these items were donated by the Society to the City Archives in 2007). The City of Burnaby awarded Pixie McGeachie the Kushiro Cup as Citizen of the year in 2002. In 2006 she received a Heritage BC project award for leading the Friends of Interurban 1223 project, and in 2008 Heritage BC recognised her again by presenting her with the Ruby Nobb Award. John Aloysius "Jack" McGeachie died October 12, 1981 at the age of sixty-seven. Doreen "Pixie" (Johnson) McGeachie died August 14, 2010 at the age of eighty-nine. On 24 September, 2011, the City of Burnaby dedicated the reading at the City Archives in honour of Pixie and formally named it the Pixie McGeachie Reading Room in recognition of her years of service to the community.

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Oral history subseries

Media Type: Sound Recording

Web Notes: Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.

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Emerson Doran (left) and Murdoch McMurray, 1917. Item no. 229-004 thumbnail

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Track three of recording of interview with Lillian and Murdock McMurray

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS137-010/MSS137-010_Track_3.mp3

Ontario Liquor Store

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1880 and 1899]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w tintype ; 10.6 x 13.8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an L shaped building with a flat front. Letters on the front of the store read, "Ontario Liquor Store / Grocery / Tailor." Four men are standing near the store on the boardwalk, three boys are sitting, and a woman is standing on the boardwalk leaning against the fence on the far lef…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w tintype ; 10.6 x 13.8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an L shaped building with a flat front. Letters on the front of the store read, "Ontario Liquor Store / Grocery / Tailor." Four men are standing near the store on the boardwalk, three boys are sitting, and a woman is standing on the boardwalk leaning against the fence on the far left. As is normal for most tintypes, the image appears reversed, left to right. (Few tintype cameras included a mirror or prism that made the image appear 'right way round').

History: From Denby Bros. Shoe Store at 163 West Pender in Vancouver. Stafford Ague Denby (1882-1957) started peddling shoe findings in 1918 around Vancouver to repair shops around town from the back of an old Ford. Two of his brothers, William Albert (1873-1947) and Melvin Stanley (1879-1953) joined him in 1919 to form Denby Bros & Co. Ltd Leather and Shoe Findings at 163 West Pender. William Gordon Pope started helping out in the shoe store at the age of 10. He eventually ran the store with his cousin, Pat Denby (son of William A. Denby) starting in the 1950s. The store closed in 1974.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Stores

Accession Code: HV974.130.56

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1880 and 1899]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-05-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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