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Riverway East School students
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- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1922]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of students of Riverway East School located in South Burnaby. The children, aged about 7 to 10, are outside in front of the school building. A note in the accession file identify the students as follows: Back row (l to r): Ed Palanski, unidentified boy wearing a tie, Carla Smith, Hillm…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of students of Riverway East School located in South Burnaby. The children, aged about 7 to 10, are outside in front of the school building. A note in the accession file identify the students as follows: Back row (l to r): Ed Palanski, unidentified boy wearing a tie, Carla Smith, Hillman, Patricia Murphy, Pegg Gould, Hilda Murphy, unidentified girl, Pearl Young, Cyril Harcourt, Ed Parslow, and Frank Harcourt; Middle row (l to r): Pauline Whitaker, Nora Lackalau, Ellen Peterson, May Wong, unidentified girl, Dorothy Parslow, Gladys Yates, Sybil Yates, Phyllis Lloyd, unidentified girl, Evelyn Smith, and an unidentified girl; Front row (l to r): Barnard Clissold, Ronald T. Lerriault, Kennedy (last name unknown), Ted Towson, Arthur Yalis, unidentified boy, Sydney Harcourt, unidentified boy, and Jack Towson. An annotation on the back of the photograph reads: "Riverway East 1922."
- Names
- Clissold, Barnard
- Gould, Pegg
- Harcourt, Cyril
- Harcourt, Frank
- Harcourt, Sydney
- Lackalau
- Lerriault, Ronald T.
- Lloyd, Phyllis
- Murphy, Hilda
- Murphy, Patricia
- Palanski, Ed
- Parslow, Dorothy
- Parslow, Ed
- Peterson, Ellen
- Riverway East School
- Smith, Carla
- Smith, Evelyn
- Towson, Jack
- Towson, Ted
- Whitaker, Pauline
- Wong, May
- Yates, Gladys
- Yates, Sybil
- Yalis, Arthur
- Young, Pearl
- Geographic Access
- Marine Drive
- Street Address
- 5787 Marine Drive
- Accession Code
- HV981.2.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1922]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Clinton-Glenwood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-09-12
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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May Queen and her Maids of Honour
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription20596
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- May 1925
- Collection/Fonds
- David Geoffrey Llewellyn collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of May Queen, Ruth Bearn and her Maids of Honour for Burnaby's First May Day 1925. May Queen and Maids of Honour are all dressed in white and are identified from left to right as: Margaret McCallum, Jessie Gunzeon, Ruth Bearn and Eileen Jacques.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- David Geoffrey Llewellyn collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of May Queen, Ruth Bearn and her Maids of Honour for Burnaby's First May Day 1925. May Queen and Maids of Honour are all dressed in white and are identified from left to right as: Margaret McCallum, Jessie Gunzeon, Ruth Bearn and Eileen Jacques.
- History
- Burnaby's first May Day celebration took place on Saturday May 23, 1925 in Central Park. The May Queen and her court were chosen by "lot" in Burnaby Muncipal Council chambers with candidates submitted from Burnaby's public and high schools. Names were placed in a silk hat and Burnaby Reeve Alexander K. McLean drew the successful candidates. Ruth Bearn from Riverway West School was chosen as queen and Agness Kilgour from North Burnaby High School was chosen as Princess Burnaby. Candidates chosen for the Queen's court included First Maid of honour, Jessie Gungeon (Kingsway West School); Second Maid of Honour, Margaret McCallum (Schou Street School) and Third Maid of Honour, Eileen Jacques (Armstrong Avenue School). Candidates chosen for the Princess Burnaby court included, First Maid of Honour, Nellie Mitchell (North Burnaby High School); Second Maid of Honour, Lucretia Adair (South Burnaby High School) and Third Maid of Honour, Louis Lister (South Burnaby High School). Frank Harcourt (Riverway East School) was selected as Earl Marshal; Leo Rowley (Douglas Road School) was selected as First Page; Bertie Telford (Schou Street School) was selected as Second Page; Victor Bennett (Capitol Hill School) was selected as First Herald and James Clogg (Edmonds Street School) was selected as Second Herald.
- Subjects
- Events - May Day
- Names
- Whittaker, Ruth Lavinia Bearn
- Anderson, Jessie Gunzeon
- Jeffers, Eileen Mary Jacques
- McCallum, Margaret
- Accession Code
- BV995.8.27
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- May 1925
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is part of photograph album BV995.8.1, pasted to page 8
- Script in white on bottom edge of photograph reads: "Burnaby's First May Day 1925_#15_Stride Photo"
- Note in white on album page reads: "MAY QUEEN AND HER MAIDS OF HONOUR / MARGARET MCCALLUM + JESSIE GUNGION + RUTH BEARN + EILEEN JACQUES"
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