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Notes: Title based on note accompanying photograph and contents of photograph; Note on album page in pencil reads: "Herbert Vidal / Louisa Vidal / Lake Huron"; Note in blue pen on verso reads: "Lake Huron / Grandad - Gan & the Aunts"

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Vidal family at Lake Huron, [between 1910 and 1920] thumbnail

Woman and child swimming

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39288

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1928]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.4 x 6 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of Alice Travers holding Robert Peers in the water.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1928]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.4 x 6 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-607

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Alice Travers holding Robert Peers in the water.

Subjects: Sports - Swimming; Geographic Features - Channels

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Woman and child swimming, [1928] thumbnail

Women at the beach

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36992

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1925 (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.7 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of women sitting on a log in swimming costumes. Left to right: Grace Potter, Bella Barclay, Violet Leach, Isobel Reid, and Vera Lucas.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1925 (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.7 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 315-450

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1994-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of women sitting on a log in swimming costumes. Left to right: Grace Potter, Bella Barclay, Violet Leach, Isobel Reid, and Vera Lucas.

Subjects: Sports - Swimming; Geographic Features - Beaches

Names: Barclay, Bella; Leach, Violet; Lucas, Vera; Price, Grace Mabel Potter; Reid, Isobel

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Women at the beach, 1925 (date of original), copied 1992 thumbnail

Women in bathing attire

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39409

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1923]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 7.9 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of two women in bathing attire, sitting on the beach at Yellow Point on Vancouver Island.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1923]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 7.9 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-728

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of two women in bathing attire, sitting on the beach at Yellow Point on Vancouver Island.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Beaches; Sports - Swimming

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Women in bathing attire, [1923] thumbnail

Donovan brothers

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35589

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1925 (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 two of the Donovan brothers. Left to right: John Donovan and George Donovan. This photograph was taken in front of Donovans' third family home in Burnaby at 4112 Yale Street. Note the skinny inner tube. The brothers are ready to go swimming in nearby Burrard Inlet.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1925 (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.: 204-447

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of two of the Donovan brothers. Left to right: John Donovan and George Donovan. This photograph was taken in front of Donovans' third family home in Burnaby at 4112 Yale Street. Note the skinny inner tube. The brothers are ready to go swimming in nearby Burrard Inlet.

Subjects: Sports - Swimming

Names: Donovan, George; Donovan, John

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Yale Street

Street Address: 4112 Yale Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

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Donovan brothers, 1925 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Family in swimsuits

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription35

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [192-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.4 x 8.8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of members of an unidentified family comprised of a youth, a woman and a small boy dressed in swimsuits. The youth is wearing a cap and has one arm over the woman's shoulders and a towel draped over the other arm. They are standing in a field with tall wild flowers, and there appears t…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.4 x 8.8 cm

Material Details: stamped on verso, l.r., "36"

Scope and Content: Photograph of members of an unidentified family comprised of a youth, a woman and a small boy dressed in swimsuits. The youth is wearing a cap and has one arm over the woman's shoulders and a towel draped over the other arm. They are standing in a field with tall wild flowers, and there appears to be a lake on the centre left of the photograph.

Subjects: Plants - Flowers; Sports - Swimming

Accession Code: HV971.120.43

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [192-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-03-28

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Francis Cameron

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2650

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [192-] (date of original)

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 300 ppi

Scope and Content: Photograph of Francis Cameron (later Rumble) seated on a park bench wearing a swimming costume.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 300 ppi

Scope and Content: Photograph of Francis Cameron (later Rumble) seated on a park bench wearing a swimming costume.

Subjects: Clothing; Sports - Swimming

Names: Rumble, Francis Willard Cameron

Accession Code: BV004.115.25

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [192-] (date of original)

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Francis Cameron, [192-] (date of original) thumbnail

Girls in swimsuits

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4600

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1926

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Girl Guides fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of four young girls standing together in swim suits outside a canvas tent. Three of the girls are identified as Mildred Jones, Margaret Davie and Mrs. Heywood.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Girl Guides fonds

Series: Burnaby Girl Guides scrapbooks and photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 11 cm

Material Details: Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "Mildred_Jones_(Bishop) / Margaret_Davie / (Mrs._Heywood) / 1926"

Scope and Content: Photograph of four young girls standing together in swim suits outside a canvas tent. Three of the girls are identified as Mildred Jones, Margaret Davie and Mrs. Heywood.

Subjects: Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs; Sports - Swimming; Recreational Activities - Camping

Names: Davie, Margaret; Jones, Mildred; Girl Guides of Canada

Accession Code: BV015.35.295

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1926

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Photograph is part of scrapbook BV015.35.166

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Group of swimmers on the dock

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39328

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1922]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.5 x 8 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified group of four in swimming costumes standing and sitting on a dock. A diving board can be seen to the right and a boat is on the left.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1922]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.5 x 8 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-647

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified group of four in swimming costumes standing and sitting on a dock. A diving board can be seen to the right and a boat is on the left.

Subjects: Sports - Swimming

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Group of swimmers on the dock, [1922] thumbnail

Linea Blomberg

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37995

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1925] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.5 x 2.5 cm print on contact sheet 20.7 x 26.2 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Linea Blomberg on the 3700 block of Douglas Road. She is dressed in a bathing costume and holding an umbrella.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1925] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.5 x 2.5 cm print on contact sheet 20.7 x 26.2 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-582

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Linea Blomberg on the 3700 block of Douglas Road. She is dressed in a bathing costume and holding an umbrella.

Subjects: Sports - Swimming

Names: Blomberg, Linea

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

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Linea Blomberg, [1925] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Man diving into water at Yellow Point

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39329

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1922]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.4 x 8.2 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a man diving into the water while three others watch from a dock. All are unidentified.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1922]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.4 x 8.2 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-648

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a man diving into the water while three others watch from a dock. All are unidentified.

Subjects: Sports - Swimming

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Man diving into water at Yellow Point, [1922] thumbnail

Robert Peers wading in the water

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39046

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1929]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 7.5 cm on page 13.5 x 18.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of Robert Peers with head downcast, wading in the water.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1929]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 7.5 cm on page 13.5 x 18.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-365

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Robert Peers with head downcast, wading in the water.

Subjects: Sports - Swimming

Names: Peers, Robert C.K.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Robert Peers wading in the water, [1929] thumbnail

Swimmers standing in a boat

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39147

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1921

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.5 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of two people in swimming costumes, standing at the front of a boat. The boat is named the "Kitty H." which refers to Kitty Hill, the daughter of Claude and Annie Hill of Burnaby Lake. The location of the photograph is identified as Yellow Point, Vancouver Island.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1921

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.5 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-466

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of two people in swimming costumes, standing at the front of a boat. The boat is named the "Kitty H." which refers to Kitty Hill, the daughter of Claude and Annie Hill of Burnaby Lake. The location of the photograph is identified as Yellow Point, Vancouver Island.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Boating; Sports - Swimming

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

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Swimmers standing in a boat

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39279

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1923

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.2 x 10.5 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of unidentified people in swimming costumes standing on the deck of a boat at Yellow Point.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1923

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.2 x 10.5 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-598

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of unidentified people in swimming costumes standing on the deck of a boat at Yellow Point.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Boating; Sports - Swimming

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Swimmers standing in a boat, 1923 thumbnail

Swimming

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39286

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1920]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.2 x 7.7 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of people, all unidentified, swimming at an unknown location.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1920]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.2 x 7.7 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-605

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of people, all unidentified, swimming at an unknown location.

Subjects: Sports - Swimming

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Woman in a bathing suit

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39366

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1922

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 2.5 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified woman in a bathing suit with a towel around her shoulders.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1922

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 2.5 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-685

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified woman in a bathing suit with a towel around her shoulders.

Subjects: Sports - Swimming

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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At the river's edge

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34445

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1927

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.8 x 12 cm on page 17.4 x 26 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a house sitting near the river bank in the vicinity of Nicomen Island, Deroche and Dewndey. Mountains are visible in the background

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1927

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Peers family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.8 x 12 cm on page 17.4 x 26 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-152

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of a house sitting near the river bank in the vicinity of Nicomen Island, Deroche and Dewndey. Mountains are visible in the background

Subjects: Geographic Features - Mountains; Geographic Features - Rivers

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Boston Bar Creek on the Kettle Valley Railroad

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34451

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1925

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12.2 cm on page 17.5 x 26.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a railway bed running alongside a creek at the foot of a forested mountain. Power lines can be seen running in the foreground. The caption to the photograph reads: "Boston Bar Creek on the KVR."

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1925

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Peers family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12.2 cm on page 17.5 x 26.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-158

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of a railway bed running alongside a creek at the foot of a forested mountain. Power lines can be seen running in the foreground. The caption to the photograph reads: "Boston Bar Creek on the KVR."

Subjects: Geographic Features - Creeks; Geographic Features - Valleys; Transportation - Rail

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

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Boston Bar Creek on the Kettle Valley Railroad, 1925 thumbnail

Boy Scout on rocky shore

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription20721

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: Aug. 1926

Collection/Fonds: David Geoffrey Llewellyn collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Boy Scout standing on rocky shore at Granthams Landing. View from shore looking towards Keats and Bowen Island. Boy Scout is attending New Westminster District Boy Scout camp at Granthams Landing.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: David Geoffrey Llewellyn collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Boy Scout standing on rocky shore at Granthams Landing. View from shore looking towards Keats and Bowen Island. Boy Scout is attending New Westminster District Boy Scout camp at Granthams Landing.