"Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection" found 3 records

Scope and Content: Photograph of school children with their teacher, who is standing to the right of the picture. An annotation on the back and an earlier catalogue record from 1971 indicates that the donor identified the photograph as the first class at Armstrong Avenue School, 1913, with Miss L. Crake as the teache…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.2 x 15.8 cm mounted on cardboard 19.9 x 25.1 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of school children with their teacher, who is standing to the right of the picture. An annotation on the back and an earlier catalogue record from 1971 indicates that the donor identified the photograph as the first class at Armstrong Avenue School, 1913, with Miss L. Crake as the teacher. However, the first two-room Armstrong Avenue School was built in 1911 with Miss Lilly Mackenzie as the teacher. The present Armstrong school was built in 1955 with eleven classrooms. Later additions to the school occurred in 1962 (two classrooms), 1964 (four classrooms), 1967 (four classrooms), and 1969 (four classrooms). Annotation in blue ballpoint pen on back of photographs reads, "1st class of Armstrong Ave School. 1913 / Miss L Crake teacher."

History: The first Armstrong Avenue School was built in 1911 and it consisted of two rooms. The present school was built in 1955 with 11 classrooms. Additions: 1962 - two classrooms, 1964 - four classrooms, 1967 - four classrooms.

Subjects: Sports - Lacrosse; Occupations - Teachers

Names: Armstrong Avenue School

Geographic Access: Armstrong Avenue

Street Address: 8757 Armstrong Avenue

Accession Code: HV971.75.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1913]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Cariboo-Armstrong Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-03-21

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Armstrong Avenue School, [1913] thumbnail

Climbing onto a diving platform

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1925 and 1939]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 13 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified woman in a tank-style swimsuit climbing onto a wooden diving platform in Deer Lake.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 13 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified woman in a tank-style swimsuit climbing onto a wooden diving platform in Deer Lake.

Subjects: Sports - Swimming; Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds

Geographic Access: Deer Lake

Accession Code: BV004.22.5

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1925 and 1939]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 09-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Climbing onto a diving platform, [between 1925 and 1939] thumbnail

Deer Lake

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1914]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 16.0 x 20.9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the north shore of Deer Lake looking northwest. According to a 1988 catalogue record, visible is the T.O. Townley house, "Deerholme," and the Gardener's cottage (marred by a stain). Ceperley's "Fairacres" is also visible to the extreme right of the contact print, including a boathous…

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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 ; 16.0 x 20.9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the north shore of Deer Lake looking northwest. According to a 1988 catalogue record, visible is the T.O. Townley house, "Deerholme," and the Gardener's cottage (marred by a stain). Ceperley's "Fairacres" is also visible to the extreme right of the contact print, including a boathouse on the shore which can be seen on the centre of the print.