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1936 pillar

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1936]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.5 x 7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a pillar topped by a circle with what appears to be a neon sign tubing writing out "1936". There is an insignia with two men on top of the circle [perhaps the Vancouver coat-of-arms]. As well, a Red Ensign and a Union Jack each hang from the pillar. Two streetcars and an apartment bui…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.5 x 7 cm

Material Details: Decorative border printed around the photograph on recto; Faint circular stamp mark of "Vancouver Drug Co." on verso, and gummed paper on each corner; Stamp reads, "Come to Vancouver's Golden Jubilee 1936/ 50 Years of Progress" outside its circular seal for "Vancouver Drug/ Co. Ltd./ Nu-Gloss/ PHOTO FINISH"

Scope and Content: Photograph of a pillar topped by a circle with what appears to be a neon sign tubing writing out "1936". There is an insignia with two men on top of the circle [perhaps the Vancouver coat-of-arms]. As well, a Red Ensign and a Union Jack each hang from the pillar. Two streetcars and an apartment building are all visible in the background. The pillar is believed to be a commemorative pillar marking Vancouver's Golden Jubilee in 1936.

Subjects: Symbols - Flags; Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards; Monuments

Geographic Access: Vancouver

Accession Code: BV985.5770.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1936]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-02-02

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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At MacMillan's Chicken Farm

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1915]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified man sitting on grass and feeding baby chicks from his hand. There is an inverted wooden box behind the chicks that has the name "EDWARDSBURG STARCH" printed on the side. In the background are a chicken wire fence, two barrels, and a shed. The inscription on the photogr…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Material Details: inscribed in black ink, verso, t. "At MacMillan's/ Chicken Farm"

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified man sitting on grass and feeding baby chicks from his hand. There is an inverted wooden box behind the chicks that has the name "EDWARDSBURG STARCH" printed on the side. In the background are a chicken wire fence, two barrels, and a shed. The inscription on the photograph identifies the location as "MacMillan's Chicken Farm". Further location or information about the farm is not known.

Subjects: Animals - Poultry; Agriculture - Farms

Accession Code: BV985.5818.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1915]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-02-27

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At MacMillan's Chicken Farm, [1915] thumbnail

Broadway Jersey Ranch

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1931

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 15.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a house and barn identified as E.W. Nicholson's "Broadway Jersey Ranch." Three men and a team of horses can be seen to the right of the house. The men may be E.W. Nicholoson, John McCallum and George Dell.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1931

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Margaret McCallum subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 15.4 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 375-021

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1986-42

Scope and Content: Photograph of a house and barn identified as E.W. Nicholson's "Broadway Jersey Ranch." Three men and a team of horses can be seen to the right of the house. The men may be E.W. Nicholoson, John McCallum and George Dell.

Subjects: Buildings - Agricultural - Barns; Agriculture - Farms; Buildings - Residential - Houses

Names: Dell, George; McCallum, John; Nicholson, E.W.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption

Geographic Access: Boundary Road

Street Address: 2550 Boundary Road

Historic Neighbourhood: Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: West Central Valley Area

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Burnaby Garage tow truck

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [193-?]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a Burnaby Garage tow truck parked in front of a fence with a Shell Gasoline logo attached to it and a billboard advertising Old Orchard in the background.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a Burnaby Garage tow truck parked in front of a fence with a Shell Gasoline logo attached to it and a billboard advertising Old Orchard in the background.

Subjects: Transportation - Trucks; Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards

Names: Burnaby Garage

Accession Code: BV999.55.42

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [193-?]

Media Type: Photograph

Related Material: For other photographs of the Burnaby Garage tow truck, see BV999.55.38 - .42

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 09-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Burnaby Garage tow truck, [193-?] thumbnail

Canadian Pacific Railway emblem

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1930 and 1949]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the sign on the back of train a car gate. The sign is circular in shape with a "Canadian Pacific Railway Lines" emblem in the center bordered by the words " - Chinook - Calgary -Edmonton."

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the sign on the back of train a car gate. The sign is circular in shape with a "Canadian Pacific Railway Lines" emblem in the center bordered by the words " - Chinook - Calgary -Edmonton."

Subjects: Transportation - Rail; Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards

Names: Canadian Pacific Railway Company

Accession Code: BV985.6114.12

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1930 and 1949]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-03-12

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "831"

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Canadian Pacific Railway emblem, [between 1930 and 1949] thumbnail

Cassidy Family on their Dairy Farm

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1912] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 20.3 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Cassidy family. Willie Cassidy (back), Mary Cassidy (left) and Mrs. Katherine Cassidy (foreground) are tending the dairy herd on the Cassidy farm at Darwin and Moscrop Streets. John Cassidy delivered milk.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1912] (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 20.3 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-074

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Cassidy family. Willie Cassidy (back), Mary Cassidy (left) and Mrs. Katherine Cassidy (foreground) are tending the dairy herd on the Cassidy farm at Darwin and Moscrop Streets. John Cassidy delivered milk.

Subjects: Animals - Cows; Agriculture - Farms

Names: Cassidy, Katherine Burns; Cassidy, Willie; Reilly, Mary Cassidy

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Darwin Avenue; Moscrop Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Garden Village Area

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Cassidy Family on their Dairy Farm, [1912] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Chinese man working in field

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [191-]

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified Chinese man crouched down and working in a field. A gardening hoe is leaning on his shoulder and there are young trees growing behind him.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified Chinese man crouched down and working in a field. A gardening hoe is leaning on his shoulder and there are young trees growing behind him.

Subjects: Persons - Chinese Canadians; Agriculture; Agriculture - Farms

Accession Code: BV022.32.175

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [191-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-04-04

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 1 (BV022.32.1)

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Chinese man working in field, [191-] thumbnail

Claude Hill

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1915]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.9 x 10.4 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of Claude Hill in his fields, standing next to a row of bushes and fence posts.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1915]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.9 x 10.4 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-655

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Claude Hill in his fields, standing next to a row of bushes and fence posts.

Subjects: Agriculture - Farms

Names: Hill Family; Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

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Combining in field

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1930

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of four men and child with combining equipment in a field in Alberta. Two men are working with a combine to harvest grain and the others are standing nearby. Man standing in centre is identified as Orrie Sommers' dad, one man on combine is identified as Orrie's brother, child and man sta…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of four men and child with combining equipment in a field in Alberta. Two men are working with a combine to harvest grain and the others are standing nearby. Man standing in centre is identified as Orrie Sommers' dad, one man on combine is identified as Orrie's brother, child and man standing next to tractor are identified as "Irene" and "Fred".

Subjects: Agriculture; Agriculture - Farms

Names: Cool, Irene Dorothy Rae Sommers; Sommers Family

Accession Code: BV022.32.341

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1930

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-06-09

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 1 (BV022.32.1); Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "This is in 1930 / combining on Orrie / brothers place which / we rent. / Orries Dad in centre / Irene & Fred. / His brother [Orlif] & / man on combine. / The other man / is a salesman. / They are always / thick in the fall"; Note in ink on lower recto of photograph reads: "1930"

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Cows in the field at the Nicholson Farm

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1933

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 12.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Jersey cows in the field on E.W. Nicholson's Farm. The Dominion Bridge Building can be seen faintly in the backgound (at 3880 Henning Drive).

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1933

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Margaret McCallum subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 12.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 375-019

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1986-42

Scope and Content: Photograph of Jersey cows in the field on E.W. Nicholson's Farm. The Dominion Bridge Building can be seen faintly in the backgound (at 3880 Henning Drive).

Subjects: Agriculture - Farms; Animals - Cows

Names: Dominion Bridge Company

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph.

Geographic Access: Boundary Road; Henning Drive

Street Address: 2550 Boundary Road; 3880 Henning Drive

Historic Neighbourhood: Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: West Central Valley Area

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Cows in the field at the Nicholson Farm, 1933 thumbnail

Deer Lake Drive

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1918]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.9 x 32.9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a panorama of Deer Lake Drive, including the Ceperley mansion and the surrounding grounds of the home to the left of the picture. The photograph, taken from the water tower, with Burnaby Lake in the background. In the midground, following the horizon line, power poles can be seen. Far…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.9 x 32.9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a panorama of Deer Lake Drive, including the Ceperley mansion and the surrounding grounds of the home to the left of the picture. The photograph, taken from the water tower, with Burnaby Lake in the background. In the midground, following the horizon line, power poles can be seen. Farm lands are visible leading down to the homes of the Andersons. An annotation on the back of the photo in pencil reads, "Deer Lake Dr." and an annotation in blue pen reads, "1918."

Subjects: Agriculture - Farms; Buildings - Residential - Houses; Geographic Features - Roads

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Drive; Deer Lake Avenue

Street Address: 6344 Deer Lake Avenue

Accession Code: HV972.51.12

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1918]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-04-04

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Dow, Fraser and Company Limited

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1915]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 16.5 x 21.5 cm photogravure

Scope and Content: Photograph of Mr. Eric Warrington Howard Bennett standing on the doorway to a store with large signs for a branch of Dow, Fraser & Co. Limited for real estate, loans, and fire insurance. The trust company is advertised on the sign as having been established in 1900. There is another store in the bu…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 16.5 x 21.5 cm photogravure

Scope and Content: Photograph of Mr. Eric Warrington Howard Bennett standing on the doorway to a store with large signs for a branch of Dow, Fraser & Co. Limited for real estate, loans, and fire insurance. The trust company is advertised on the sign as having been established in 1900. There is another store in the building that is unidentified. Eric Warrington Howard Bennett was the branch manager of the Dow, Fraser company which started in Burnaby circa 1915. The store was located on the corner of McKay Avenue and the BC Electric Railway tracks. Later, a top storey was added to the building. An annotation on the back of the photograph reads: "Burnaby Branch Office. / E.W.H. Bennett / Manager."

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

Names: Bennett, Eric Warrington Howard; Dow, Fraser and Company Limited

Geographic Access: McKay Avenue

Accession Code: HV977.77.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1915]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-07-11

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Dow, Fraser and Company Limited, [1915] thumbnail

Dow General Store

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [193-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.89 x 14.61 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a store with a large Coca Cola sign hanging by the second floor windows. The awning has lettering: "Ice Cream - Soft Drinks." By the door, there is a sign that reads "Post Office / Public Telephone / Box Cigars." On the display window, an advertisement sign for "Salada Tea" can be s…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.89 x 14.61 cm

Material Details: An annotation in pencil is written on the back of the photograph

Scope and Content: Photograph of a store with a large Coca Cola sign hanging by the second floor windows. The awning has lettering: "Ice Cream - Soft Drinks." By the door, there is a sign that reads "Post Office / Public Telephone / Box Cigars." On the display window, an advertisement sign for "Salada Tea" can be seen. By the steps leading into the store, there is a large advertisement sign that reads "Wilson's Bachelor Cigar 10c." In front of the store is a paved road.

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

Geographic Access: Hastings Street

Street Address: 6669 Hastings Street

Accession Code: HV976.62.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [193-]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-06-20

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; An annotation on the back of the photograph reads, "Dow General Store / Sperling & Hastings Approx / 1930's." The 1937 directory lists the name as "Dow's General Store" and the address as 6669 Hastings Street.

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Fernhurst Game Farm

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1918 (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 a raccoon at the Fernhurst Game Farm, founded by Charles R. Gillmore near Imperial Street and Dow Avenue. This later became the site of Maywood Elementary School at 4567 Imperial Street.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1918 (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.: 204-250

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of a raccoon at the Fernhurst Game Farm, founded by Charles R. Gillmore near Imperial Street and Dow Avenue. This later became the site of Maywood Elementary School at 4567 Imperial Street.

Subjects: Animals; Agriculture - Farms

Names: Fernhurst Game Farm

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Imperial Street

Street Address: 4567 Imperial Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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Fernhurst Game Farm, 1918 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Fraser Arm District

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1911 and 1919]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 12.5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Fraser Arm District, taken from Marine Drive.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1911 and 1919]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Disney family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 12.5 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 325-011

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1996-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Fraser Arm District, taken from Marine Drive.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Rivers; Agriculture - Farms

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Disney, John Harold "Jack"

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Big Bend Area

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Fraser Arm District, [between 1911 and 1919] thumbnail

Fraser Valley Nurseries

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [191-?] (date of original), copied 1977

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.32 x 25.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the grounds of the Fraser Valley Nurseries. The grounds are fenced with wire and wooden posts.There is a large sign on the left of the photograph that reads "The Fraser Valley Nurseries, Ltd." There are a few barns or sheds on the nursery grounds. Behind the nursery can be seen a la…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.32 x 25.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the grounds of the Fraser Valley Nurseries. The grounds are fenced with wire and wooden posts.There is a large sign on the left of the photograph that reads "The Fraser Valley Nurseries, Ltd." There are a few barns or sheds on the nursery grounds. Behind the nursery can be seen a large body of water, most likely Burnaby Lake. The accession register and the inscription on the photograph identify the location as just off Douglas Road (now Canada Way). The annotation on the back of the photograph reads: "Located off Canada Way."

Subjects: Agriculture - Farms

Names: Fraser Valley Nurseries

Geographic Access: Douglas Road; Canada Way; Nursery Street; Burnaby Lake

Accession Code: HV977.99.17

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [191-?] (date of original), copied 1977

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Lakeview-Mayfield Area

Related Material: For the right side of the two part panorama of the nurseries, see HV977.99.19

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-07-11

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Fraser Valley Nurseries

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [191-?] (date of original), copied 1977

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the grounds of the Fraser Valley Nurseries. The grounds are fenced with wire and wooden posts. There are a few barns or sheds on the nursery grounds. Behind the nursery can be seen a large body of water, most likely Burnaby Lake. The accession register identifies the location as j…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the grounds of the Fraser Valley Nurseries. The grounds are fenced with wire and wooden posts. There are a few barns or sheds on the nursery grounds. Behind the nursery can be seen a large body of water, most likely Burnaby Lake. The accession register identifies the location as just off Douglas Road (now Canada Way). An annotation on the back of the photo reads: "View Fraser Valley Nurseries."

Subjects: Agriculture - Farms

Names: Fraser Valley Nurseries

Geographic Access: Douglas Road; Canada Way; Nursery Street; Burnaby Lake

Accession Code: HV977.99.19

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [191-?] (date of original), copied 1977

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Lakeview-Mayfield Area

Related Material: For the left side of the two part panorama of the nurseries, see HV977.99.17

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-07-11

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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George Edmonds' poultry ranch

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1914

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.1 x 21.3 cm mounted on 25.2 x 30.2 cm cardboard

Scope and Content: Photograph of George Edmonds poultry ranch with a number of chickens in a yard in front of a henhouse.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1914

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.1 x 21.3 cm mounted on 25.2 x 30.2 cm cardboard

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 044-010

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of George Edmonds poultry ranch with a number of chickens in a yard in front of a henhouse.

Subjects: Agriculture - Farms; Animals - Poultry

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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George Edmonds' poultry ranch, 1914 thumbnail

Gillmore Poultry Farm

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1911 (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 (left to right) Jack Gillmore and his mother, Jean Gillmore, feeding some of the 2,000 chickens on Red Feather Poultry Ranch on Keefer Road (later becoming 6350 McKay Avenue). The ranch was founded by Charles Reginald Gillmore. Charles R. Gillmore was married to Jean Leslie Mills an…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1911 (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.: 204-245

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of (left to right) Jack Gillmore and his mother, Jean Gillmore, feeding some of the 2,000 chickens on Red Feather Poultry Ranch on Keefer Road (later becoming 6350 McKay Avenue). The ranch was founded by Charles Reginald Gillmore. Charles R. Gillmore was married to Jean Leslie Mills and was a principal in Gillmore, Mills & Co. of 170 Water Street in Vancouver.

Subjects: Animals - Poultry; Agriculture - Farms

Names: Gillmore, Jack; Gillmore, Jean; Red Feather Poultry Ranch

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: McKay Avenue

Street Address: 6350 McKay Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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Gillmore Poultry Farm

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1911 (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 ducks on the Red Feather Poultry Ranch located on Keefer Road (later becoming 6350 McKay Avenue). The long ranch house is faintly discernable in the background. The farm was operated by Charles R. Gillmore.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1911 (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.: 204-246

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of ducks on the Red Feather Poultry Ranch located on Keefer Road (later becoming 6350 McKay Avenue). The long ranch house is faintly discernable in the background. The farm was operated by Charles R. Gillmore.

Subjects: Animals - Poultry; Agriculture - Farms

Names: Red Feather Poultry Ranch

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: McKay Avenue

Street Address: 6350 McKay Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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