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Fort Augustus Abbey

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1900-1930]
Collection/Fonds
Hill family and Vidal family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8.5 x 13.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photographic postcard shows a building situated by a body of water and mountains. The building is identified as Fort Augustus Abbey.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1900-1930]
Collection/Fonds
Hill family and Vidal family fonds
Series
Hill family and Vidal family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8.5 x 13.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
550-145
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2013-03
Scope and Content
Photographic postcard shows a building situated by a body of water and mountains. The building is identified as Fort Augustus Abbey.
Subjects
Buildings - Religious
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Bottom of recto reads: "The Abbey, Fort Augustus"
Note in black pen on verso reads: "9th September / We arrived here last night after a run through the Canal Loch Ness, & we ... by train to Frot William - Inverness is awfully pretty, & we had lovely weather - I should like to stay here for a week - it is so peaceful & beautiful views over the Loch. Love from K L M / Mrs J G Craig / 25 Harrington Gdus / London S W 7 / England"
Postage stamps on verso reads: "Halfpenny"
Images
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Harriett Agnes Sanders and Gerald F. Sanders

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription9889
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1918
Collection/Fonds
Gerald F. Sanders and Alice Sparman Sanders fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 6.5 cm
Scope and Content
Studio portrait of Harriett Agnes Sanders and son Gerald Frank Sanders as a boy. This photograph was taken in London just before the family immigrated to Canada.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Gerald F. Sanders and Alice Sparman Sanders fonds
Series
Sanders-Sparman photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 6.5 cm
Material Details
"POST CARD / This Space for communication The Address to be written here" printed on back. "Dearest [Frank] / We have come to / stay, Dad, hope you like us. / Love from us both. / [Het]" written on back in black ink. "Edwarde, Photographer, 16 St. Mary's Rd., Southampton" printed on back.
Scope and Content
Studio portrait of Harriett Agnes Sanders and son Gerald Frank Sanders as a boy. This photograph was taken in London just before the family immigrated to Canada.
Names
Sanders, Gerald Frank
Sanders, Harriett Agnes Chalkley
Accession Code
BV018.34.14
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
1918
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2022-07-12
Photographer
Edwarde
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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Hastings Grove Store

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4780
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1912
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 8.9 cm ; copy print
Scope and Content
Photograph of group of eight men and women and dog beside bus on boardwalk in front of Hastings Grove Store building. Boardwalk continues into the distance with forest on either side on the left hand side of the photograph.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 8.9 cm ; copy print
Material Details
"Columbian files 1971" written on verso in black pen. "The Hastings Grove store and 'bus terminal, showing garage. Built in 1912. Shows the first / bus. Photo taken July, 1912, by James William Phillips. Lady in white: Mrs […]ers Jane / Leghead, first store-keeper, lady with white blouse and black skirt, Mrs. J. Vicary then of / Sperling Avenue, now of London, England. At front of car, J. Vicary sales agent for the / Hastings Grove property, at steering-wheel. Jack Holmes 'bus driver, now of Vancouver Heights, / lady with dog and man at left, landseekers, and at extreme right Samuel Frederick [...]. / (Planking of Curtis Street done in 1912.)" on typewritten label on front of photograph.
Scope and Content
Photograph of group of eight men and women and dog beside bus on boardwalk in front of Hastings Grove Store building. Boardwalk continues into the distance with forest on either side on the left hand side of the photograph.
History
Part of a set of photographs from the Columbian Newspaper, which operated out of New Westminster under this name starting in 1900 until its dissolution in 1988. Photographs found in the collection of the Burnaby Village are dated 1971.
Names
Hastings Grove Store
Accession Code
BV018.19.6
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
1912
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
24-04-2018
Photographer
Phillips, James William "Jim"
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Municipal road crew

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35609
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 a municipal road crew. Identified: (far left) George H. Thomson. This was George Thomson's first job after arriving in Burnaby from London, England. He would later open Thomson's Cash Grocery stores. Note the horse drawn wagon used to haul materials.
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.
204-467
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1988-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of a municipal road crew. Identified: (far left) George H. Thomson. This was George Thomson's first job after arriving in Burnaby from London, England. He would later open Thomson's Cash Grocery stores. Note the horse drawn wagon used to haul materials.
Subjects
Transportation - Horses
Occupations - Labourers
Construction - Road Construction
Transportation - Wagons
Names
Thomson, George H.
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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