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George Searby Buxton by a cabin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64638
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1911]
- Collection/Fonds
- Buxton Family collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows Burnaby pioneer George Searby Buxton standing in front of a cabin. George Buxton was born in England and was a carpenter by trade. He and his wife Mary Isabel (nee Nattriss) moved to Canada between 1911 and 1913 and had five children: Clara Violet (1910-1913), Mary (1900-?), Alic…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1911]
- Collection/Fonds
- Buxton Family collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 513-010
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2010-05
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows Burnaby pioneer George Searby Buxton standing in front of a cabin. George Buxton was born in England and was a carpenter by trade. He and his wife Mary Isabel (nee Nattriss) moved to Canada between 1911 and 1913 and had five children: Clara Violet (1910-1913), Mary (1900-?), Alice Clarissa (Clissie) (1902-?), Bernard (1897-1972) and Leopold (1893-1951).
- In 1911, George built the Buxton family home on what is now Buxton Street in Burnaby. The Buxton house remains a heritage landmark to this day. This cabin may have been his residence during the period of construction on the house.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential - Cabins
- Names
- Buxton, George Searby
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Geographic Access
- Buxton Street
- Street Address
- 4807 Buxton Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Marlborough Area
Images
Squatter's shanty
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35849
- 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 squatter's shanty in an area called 'Crabtown' on the Burrard Inlet shoreline, just west of the Shell dock. Some of the shanties were neat and colourful, and provided cheap accommodation until they were eliminated in the post-war period.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1911] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-708
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a squatter's shanty in an area called 'Crabtown' on the Burrard Inlet shoreline, just west of the Shell dock. Some of the shanties were neat and colourful, and provided cheap accommodation until they were eliminated in the post-war period.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential - Cabins
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Phillips, James William "Jim"
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Capitol Hill Area
Images
Young man in a highlander uniform
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1661
- 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.
- 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