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William and Annie Mawhinney outside of their home.

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1915-1930
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w ; copy scan ; 8 cm x 5.5 cm.
Scope and Content
Back porch of the W. A. Mawhinney house at the corner of Canada Way and Pitts Street. Presumably William and Annie standing in photograph. William is at the bottom of the stairs and Annie at the top of the stairs. A curtain shades the porch.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w ; copy scan ; 8 cm x 5.5 cm.
Scope and Content
Back porch of the W. A. Mawhinney house at the corner of Canada Way and Pitts Street. Presumably William and Annie standing in photograph. William is at the bottom of the stairs and Annie at the top of the stairs. A curtain shades the porch.
History
This home was built by Captain William J. Eyres. In 1912, it was reported in The British Columbian: “Captain Eyres of Seattle is remodelling the front of his house on Douglas Road and otherwise improving it.” The house was later sold to William A. Mawhinney, who subsequently built houses at 6011 Buckingham Avenue and 7616 Burris Avenue.
Other Title Information
title based on content of photograph
Accession Code
BV016.48.63
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
1915-1930
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
10-Apr-18
Images
Less detail

Work group from the Bay

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[between 1920 and 1930]
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 group of staff who worked at the "Mirror Room" which was the dressmaking department at "The Bay" department store. Flossie Parsons (nee Smith) is identified in the third row, third person from the left.
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 group of staff who worked at the "Mirror Room" which was the dressmaking department at "The Bay" department store. Flossie Parsons (nee Smith) is identified in the third row, third person from the left.
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
BV017.38.12
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[between 1920 and 1930]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Date
26-Mar-2018
Images
Less detail

Henley, B.C.

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
April 12, 1931
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 p. (newsprint)
Scope and Content
Item is the front page of the Vancouver Sunday Province newspaper with a colour drawing of two men rowing, each in their own single shell (one-man racing rowboat) entitled, "Henley, B.C." The article below is entitled, "Burnaby Lake as Future Battleground for Canada's Oarsmen" and includes a pictor…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
April 12, 1931
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Municipal record subseries
Physical Description
1 p. (newsprint)
Description Level
Item
Record No.
MSS096-004
Access Restriction
Open access
Accession Number
BHS2001-09
Scope and Content
Item is the front page of the Vancouver Sunday Province newspaper with a colour drawing of two men rowing, each in their own single shell (one-man racing rowboat) entitled, "Henley, B.C." The article below is entitled, "Burnaby Lake as Future Battleground for Canada's Oarsmen" and includes a pictorial plan of Burnaby Lake.
Media Type
Textual Record
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