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First class at Kitchener Street School

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1925
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 11 x 16 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the first class at Kitchener Street School. The students' ages vary, with few adults mixed in the group. They form six rows on the front steps of the school building. Dolly Knight is identified in the front row, first on left, her sister Margaret Norton (nee Knight) is in the front ro…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 11 x 16 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the first class at Kitchener Street School. The students' ages vary, with few adults mixed in the group. They form six rows on the front steps of the school building. Dolly Knight is identified in the front row, first on left, her sister Margaret Norton (nee Knight) is in the front row, third from left and Margaret's twin brother Fred Knight is in the second row from the top.
Subjects
Persons - Children
Buildings - Schools
Persons - Students
Names
Kitchener Street School
Knight, Frederick "Fred"
Norton, Margaret Knight
Knight, D. "Dolly"
Geographic Access
Gilmore Avenue
Street Address
1351 Gilmore Avenue
Accession Code
BV988.31.4
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Date
1925
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Willingdon Heights Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2024-04-16
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photographer identifies photograph as no. 74
Note in blue pen on verso of photgraph reads: "First Class of new Kitchener St. School"
Images
Less detail

Looking east from north side of 5118 Douglas Road - The Roberts House

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1924 and 1925]
Collection/Fonds
Small family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 9 cm x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Lauretta Roberts standing next to the half-built Roberts' house located at 5118 Douglas Road. During construction of the house, movie posters were used in place of tar paper under the exterior cedar shingles and as cushioning under the linoleum kitchen floor. Visible in the distance …
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1924 and 1925]
Collection/Fonds
Small family fonds
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 9 cm x 9 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
620-003
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2017-01
Scope and Content
Photograph of Lauretta Roberts standing next to the half-built Roberts' house located at 5118 Douglas Road. During construction of the house, movie posters were used in place of tar paper under the exterior cedar shingles and as cushioning under the linoleum kitchen floor. Visible in the distance is the Adams' family house located on the 5100 block of Douglas Road.
Subjects
Persons - Children
Buildings - Residential - Houses
Construction
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Transcribed title
Title transcribed from donor's notes
5118 Douglas Road renumbered to 3131 Douglas Road in 1958 and to 5538 Dominion Street in 1970 or 1971
The new address house in the background of the photograph is 3011 Godwin Street
Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "Probably 1924-25 / Lauretta Roberts"
Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "P4"
Street Address
3131 Douglas Road
5118 Douglas Road
5538 Dominion Street
3011 Godwin Avenue
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Ardingley-Sprott Area
Images
Less detail