765 records – page 39 of 39.

Wrecked rail cars

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[May 1913]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.1 x 13.9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of several wrecked rail cars abandoned on the side of a railway. There is gravel, rocks and dirt in the foreground, beside the railway tracks and a forested area in the background. An annotation on the back of the photograph reads: "Wrecked cares - Dump #4 / G.N. reclamation work / Vanco…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.1 x 13.9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of several wrecked rail cars abandoned on the side of a railway. There is gravel, rocks and dirt in the foreground, beside the railway tracks and a forested area in the background. An annotation on the back of the photograph reads: "Wrecked cares - Dump #4 / G.N. reclamation work / Vancouver, B.C. / May - 1913." The accession register speculates that the photograph may be of an accident on the Great Northern line at Sperling.
Subjects
Accidents - Train Accidents
Transportation - Rail
Names
Great Northern Railway
Geographic Access
Vancouver
Accession Code
HV979.54.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[May 1913]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-09-12
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

YMCA Building

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[190-]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph on glass : b&w ambrotype ; 4.2 x 5.7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a large YMCA building at an unidentified location (not likely from the Greater Vancouver area). The building is at least three storeys tall and includes an auditorium. The building also appears to be made of bricks. A caption on the centre left of the photograph reads, "YMCA Building…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph on glass : b&w ambrotype ; 4.2 x 5.7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a large YMCA building at an unidentified location (not likely from the Greater Vancouver area). The building is at least three storeys tall and includes an auditorium. The building also appears to be made of bricks. A caption on the centre left of the photograph reads, "YMCA Building."
Subjects
Buildings - Recreational
Names
Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA)
Accession Code
HV973.52.66
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[190-]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-05-16
Notes
Title based on caption of photograph
Images
Less detail

Young couple

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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 hand-tinted ; 18.7 x 14.8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of an unidentified young couple taken in a photographic studio. The girl is sitting on a hammock lined with a blanket and a cushion. She is wearing a long Victorian dress and a hairband. There is an open book on her lap. A boy with a tennis racket in one hand leans over to see the girl. …
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w hand-tinted ; 18.7 x 14.8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of an unidentified young couple taken in a photographic studio. The girl is sitting on a hammock lined with a blanket and a cushion. She is wearing a long Victorian dress and a hairband. There is an open book on her lap. A boy with a tennis racket in one hand leans over to see the girl. His hat is on the hammock. The backdrop is a painted scene of a forest. The floor is carpeted. An annotation on the back of the photograph reads, "you two sweet ones. May / it ever be this with you / mother."
Accession Code
HV973.29.26
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[190-?]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-05-09
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Young family

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[190-?]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 postcard : sepia ; 13.2 x 8.6 cm
Scope and Content
Photographic postcard of a man, woman and baby taken in a photographic studio.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[190-?]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Bancroft family subseries
Physical Description
1 postcard : sepia ; 13.2 x 8.6 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
507-006
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
BHS2004-06
Scope and Content
Photographic postcard of a man, woman and baby taken in a photographic studio.
Subjects
Persons - Children
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Dewey, Grant
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note on verso of photograph reads: "I am not so surly looking as the picture makes me out to be / Esther"
Images
Less detail

Young man in a highlander uniform

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[between 1914 and 1918] (date of original), copied 1977
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of a young man in the uniform of 72nd Seaforth Highlanders of Canada. The rank was probably a private, and the period is probably during World War One. An annotation on the back of the photograph reads: "In uniform of 72nd Seaforth Highlanders of Canada. Probably World War I (1914-1918).…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of a young man in the uniform of 72nd Seaforth Highlanders of Canada. The rank was probably a private, and the period is probably during World War One. An annotation on the back of the photograph reads: "In uniform of 72nd Seaforth Highlanders of Canada. Probably World War I (1914-1918). Probably a private." This photograph was taken in a photographic studio.
Subjects
Clothing - Uniforms
Occupations - Military Personnel
Wars - World War, 1914-1918
Accession Code
HV977.123.44
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[between 1914 and 1918] (date of original), copied 1977
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-07-25
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

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