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Material Details: "You asked me how / far the CPR Line / was from our lot / It is within 1/4 mile / This was taken / right above the / CPR line, there is / quite a sharp descent / from here down to the / line If the piece of / bush to the left was / cut you would see 2nd narrows bridge" written in pencil on the back of the photo.

Scope and Content: Photograph of a trail overlooking Burrard Inlet that runs down a hill through some evergreen trees.

History: George Vincent Martin was born in 1892 in England. He married Matilda Florence Reed in 1916. He purchased a property in North Burnaby in the 1920s on Trinity Street. There was a main house and a "shack" on the property split up onto two lots.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Trails; Geographic Features - Inlets

Accession Code: BV007.45.14

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [192-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: 29-Nov-2018

Scale: 96

Notes: Title based on notes on the reverse of the photograph

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Cultus Lake

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34393

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1926

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.7 x 12 cm on page 17.4 x 26.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph taken looking over Cultus Lake towards the mountains. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the later 1920s.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1926

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Peers family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.7 x 12 cm on page 17.4 x 26.4 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-100

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph taken looking over Cultus Lake towards the mountains. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the later 1920s.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Geographic Features - Mountains

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

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Cultus Lake

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34396

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1926

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12.2 cm on page 17.4 x 26.2 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Cultus Lake, looking towards the mountains. A wooden pier can be seen in the foreground and a row of cabins are visible on the far shore. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the T…

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1926

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 17.4 x 26.2 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-103

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of Cultus Lake, looking towards the mountains. A wooden pier can be seen in the foreground and a row of cabins are visible on the far shore. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the later 1920s.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Structures - Piers and Wharves; Geographic Features - Mountains

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

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The Falls, Pretty's Creek

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34437

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1927]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.8 x 12.1 cm on page 17.5 x 26 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of waterfalls identified as being located at Pretty's Creek.

1 image

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 : sepia ; 6.8 x 12.1 cm on page 17.5 x 26 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-144

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of waterfalls identified as being located at Pretty's Creek.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Creeks; Geographic Features - Waterfalls

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

Images

The Falls, Pretty's Creek, [1927] thumbnail

Haddon family

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35568

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 (left) Gordon Haddon and (right) Jimmy Haddon, his cousin, at Burnaby Lake where Eagle Creek flows into it. At the left is the dock at the foot of Piper Avenue. The water was deep and good for swimming.

1 image

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.: 204-426

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of (left) Gordon Haddon and (right) Jimmy Haddon, his cousin, at Burnaby Lake where Eagle Creek flows into it. At the left is the dock at the foot of Piper Avenue. The water was deep and good for swimming.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Geographic Features - Creeks; Structures - Piers and Wharves; Sports - Swimming

Names: Haddon, Gordon; Haddon, Jimmy

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Burnaby Lake; Piper Avenue; Eagle Creek

Historic Neighbourhood: Lozells (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Government Road Area

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Haddon family, 1925 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Head Bay, Bowen Island

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34348

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1927

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.2 x 12 cm on page 17.4 x 24.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the rock formation jutting out from Hood Point on Bowen Island, as seen from the water.

1 image

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 : sepia ; 6.2 x 12 cm on page 17.4 x 24.4 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-055

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of the rock formation jutting out from Hood Point on Bowen Island, as seen from the water.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Rock Formations; Geographic Features - Bays

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

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Herbert, Louisa, Dorothy, and Alexander Vidal

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82490

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1920 and 1934]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of two women and two men identified from left to right as Louisa, Herbert, Dorothy and Alexander Vidal. They are sitting on a rock near a body of water.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1920 and 1934]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 11 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-073

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of two women and two men identified from left to right as Louisa, Herbert, Dorothy and Alexander Vidal. They are sitting on a rock near a body of water.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Mountains; Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds

Names: Loomis, Dorothy Kate Vidal; Vidal, Alexander; Vidal, Alexander E. E. "Bill"; Vidal, Louisa Sophia "Lou" Jones

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note accompanying photograph; Note in pencil on album page photograph reads: "Louisa Vidal / Herbert Vidal / Dorothy / Alexander"; Note in blue pen on verso reads: "Gan & Grandad / Aunt Dor & Uncle Bill"

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Herbert, Louisa, Dorothy, and Alexander Vidal, [between 1920 and 1934] thumbnail

Knight Inlet

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82607

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1925 and 1940]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a tree in a clearing.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1925 and 1940]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9 x 6.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-172

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a tree in a clearing.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Forests; Geographic Features - Inlets

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note accompanying photograph; Note in pencil on album page reads: "Knight Inlet"; Photograph stamp on verso reads: "Crystal Finish / will not fade"

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Knight Inlet

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82608

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1925 and 1940]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a tree in a clearing being felled.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1925 and 1940]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9 x 6.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-173

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a tree in a clearing being felled.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Forests; Geographic Features - Inlets

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note accompanying photograph; Note in pencil on page photograph is mounted on reads: "Knight Inlet"; Photograph stamp on verso reads: "Crystal Finish / will not fade"

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Knight Inlet

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82609

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1925 and 1940]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a tree trunk in a clearing.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1925 and 1940]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9 x 6.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-174

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a tree trunk in a clearing.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Inlets; Geographic Features - Forests

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note accompanying photograph; Note in pencil on page photograph is mounted on reads: "Knight Inlet"; Photograph stamp on verso reads: "Crystal Finish / will not fade"

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The Lions from Burnaby Park

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3109

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1926 and 1929]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w photogravure ; 14.5 x 9.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the north shore mountains, including the Lions, taken from Robert Burnaby Park.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w photogravure ; 14.5 x 9.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the north shore mountains, including the Lions, taken from Robert Burnaby Park.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Mountains - British Columbia; Geographic Features - Parks

Geographic Access: Wedgewood Street; Robert Burnaby Park

Street Address: 8155 Wedgewood Street

Accession Code: HV972.204.3

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1926 and 1929]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Lakeview-Mayfield Area

Related Material: For other photographs from the same album, see HV972.204.3 - .14

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-04-25

Photographer: Lloyd, Frank Ernest

Notes: Annotations made in white paint on recto of photograph read: "'The Lions' from Burnaby Park" and "Lloyd Studio, McKay."

Images

The Lions from Burnaby Park, [between 1926 and 1929] thumbnail

Love family on rock at White Rock beach

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [c. 1910]

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of six unidentified members of the Love family seated on top of a giant boulder located on White Rock beach. Members of the family are wearing hats, dress coats and dresses. A wooden plank is visible in the bottom right of the photograph which provided access to the top of the rock.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 11 cm

Material Details: Photograph is over exposed, washing out some of the detail

Scope and Content: Photograph of six unidentified members of the Love family seated on top of a giant boulder located on White Rock beach. Members of the family are wearing hats, dress coats and dresses. A wooden plank is visible in the bottom right of the photograph which provided access to the top of the rock.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Rocks; Geographic Features - Beaches

Names: Love Family

Accession Code: BV022.32.28

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [c. 1910]

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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Love family on rock at White Rock beach, [c. 1910] thumbnail

Minard and Charlotte Hill

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82621

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1925

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a man, three women and two children at Alouette Lake. The man is identified as Minard Hill. The woman on the far right is identified as Charlotte Hill.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1925

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-182

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a man, three women and two children at Alouette Lake. The man is identified as Minard Hill. The woman on the far right is identified as Charlotte Hill.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Beaches; Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds

Names: Hill, Minard Gerald "Gerry"; Hill, Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph and note accompanying photograph; Note in pencil on album page reads: "1925"; Note in blue pen on verso reads: "Allouette [sic] Lake / 1925"

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Minard and Charlotte Hill, 1925 thumbnail

Mr. Birchall's Cruiser

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39300

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1925

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a boat sailing on the water off the shore at Yellow Point.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1925

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-619

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a boat sailing on the water off the shore at Yellow Point.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Beaches; Recreational Activities - Boating; Geographic Features - Channels

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

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Road round 1st tunnel

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34407

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: Photographs taken in Yale, looking toward a tunnel cut through a rock face at the side of a mountain. A caption written under the photograph reads "road round [sic] 1st tunnel." This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on …

1 image

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.: 020-114

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photographs taken in Yale, looking toward a tunnel cut through a rock face at the side of a mountain. A caption written under the photograph reads "road round [sic] 1st tunnel." This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the later 1920s.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Roads; Geographic Features - Mountains

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

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Roads and sidewalks

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35180

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [192-] (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 dirt roads and sidewalks in Burnaby in the 1920s. George Pearson supervised cement sidewalk building throughout Burnaby during the Great Depression. St. Helen's Roman Catholic Church may be in the background.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [192-] (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.: 204-037

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of dirt roads and sidewalks in Burnaby in the 1920s. George Pearson supervised cement sidewalk building throughout Burnaby during the Great Depression. St. Helen's Roman Catholic Church may be in the background.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Sidewalks; Geographic Features - Roads; Buildings - Residential - Houses

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Roads and sidewalks, [192-] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Second Narrows

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3903

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [192-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 stereograph card : b&w ; 17.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Stereograph card images of a street in Vancouver Heights. The photograph is taken looking Northeast toward the Burrard Inlet. Mount Seymour is shrouded in cloud in the background.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 stereograph card : b&w ; 17.5 x 9 cm

Material Details: Hand-written text in red ink on the front of the stereograph card reads: "2nd Narrows".

Scope and Content: Stereograph card images of a street in Vancouver Heights. The photograph is taken looking Northeast toward the Burrard Inlet. Mount Seymour is shrouded in cloud in the background.

History: George Vincent Martin was born in 1892 in England. He married Matilda Florence Reed in 1916. He purchased a property in North Burnaby in the 1920s on Trinity Street. There was a main house and a "shack" on the property split up onto two lots.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Mountains; Geographic Features - Inlets; Buildings - Residential - Houses

Accession Code: BV007.45.18

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [192-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: 29-Nov-2018

Scale: 96

Notes: Title based on notation below the photograph

Images

Standing under a rock formation

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39330

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1922]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.2 x 7.9 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of six people standing under a rock overhang on the beach. Claude Hill is third from the left, the others 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 ; 5.2 x 7.9 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-649

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of six people standing under a rock overhang on the beach. Claude Hill is third from the left, the others are unidentified.