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Scope and Content: Photograph of the opening of the Confederation Park playground. A group of children and adults can be seen gathered around and using the swings and slides and other playground equipment. A number of homes on Capitol Hill can be seen in the backgound. Confederation Park opened on June 25, 1927.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1927

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: North Burnaby Board of Trade subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 19 x 23.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 476-010

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2005-8

Scope and Content: Photograph of the opening of the Confederation Park playground. A group of children and adults can be seen gathered around and using the swings and slides and other playground equipment. A number of homes on Capitol Hill can be seen in the backgound. Confederation Park opened on June 25, 1927.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Parks; Recreational Devices - Playgrounds; Persons - Crowds; Events - Openings

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Confederation Park; Willingdon Avenue

Street Address: 250 Willingdon Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Capitol Hill Area

Images

Confederation Park playground, 1927 thumbnail

Mundell's Store and Capitol Hill School playground

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37478

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1928] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.9 x 5.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the northeast corner of Warwick Avenue and Hastings Street, including Mundell's store and the Capitol Hill School playground.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1928] (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 ; 2.9 x 5.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-066

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the northeast corner of Warwick Avenue and Hastings Street, including Mundell's store and the Capitol Hill School playground.

Subjects: Recreational Devices - Playgrounds; Geographic Features - Roads

Names: Capitol Hill School; Mundell's Store

Media Type: Photograph

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

Geographic Access: Warwick Avenue; Hastings Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Capitol Hill Area

Images

Mundell's Store and Capitol Hill School playground, [1928] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Robert on a swing

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39041

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1928]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 10 cm on page 13.5 x 18.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of Robert Peers sitting on a wooden swing.

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 ; 5.5 x 10 cm on page 13.5 x 18.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-360

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Robert Peers sitting on a wooden swing.

Subjects: Recreational Devices - Swings

Names: Peers, Robert C.K.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Robert Peers

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38924

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1927

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5 x 7.7 cm on page 13.5 x 18.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of Robert Peers at four months, being held on a swing by his grandmother, Annie Hill.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1927

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5 x 7.7 cm on page 13.5 x 18.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-243

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Robert Peers at four months, being held on a swing by his grandmother, Annie Hill.

Subjects: Recreational Devices - Swings

Names: Peers, Robert C.K.; Hill, Annie Sara Kenrick

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

Images

Robert Peers with Alice Travers

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38991

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1928]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.3 x 5.7 cm on page 13.5 x 18.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of Alice Travers holding Robert Peers on her knee while sitting on a wooden swing.

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 : sepia ; 5.3 x 5.7 cm on page 13.5 x 18.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-310

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Alice Travers holding Robert Peers on her knee while sitting on a wooden swing.

Subjects: Recreational Devices - Swings

Names: Peers, Robert C.K.; Travers, Alice

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Robert Peers with Alice Travers, [1928] thumbnail

Rorison Children

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35383

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1926 (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 Kay Rorison, Evelyn Rorison (twin sisters), and John Rorison playing on a home-made teeter-totter beside the family home at 3907 River Road (later becoming 4593 Marine Drive at Strathern Avenue).

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1926 (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.: 204-240

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Kay Rorison, Evelyn Rorison (twin sisters), and John Rorison playing on a home-made teeter-totter beside the family home at 3907 River Road (later becoming 4593 Marine Drive at Strathern Avenue).

Subjects: Recreational Devices - Teeter-totters

Names: North, Kay Rorison; Rorison, Evelyn; Rorison, John

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Marine Drive

Street Address: 4593 Marine Drive

Historic Neighbourhood: Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Sussex-Nelson Area

Images

Rorison Children, 1926 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Bank of Nova Scotia staff picnic

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39214

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1926

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16.2 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of the staff of the Bank of Nova Scotia posing on the boat "Eldoma." A note in the photograph album indicates that this picture was taken during the staff picnic of 1926.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1926

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16.2 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-533

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of the staff of the Bank of Nova Scotia posing on the boat "Eldoma." A note in the photograph album indicates that this picture was taken during the staff picnic of 1926.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Boating; Structures - Bridges; Recreational Activities - Picnics

Names: Bank of Nova Scotia

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

Images

Bank of Nova Scotia staff picnic

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39216

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1924

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 13.2 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of the staff members of the Bank of Nova Scotia posing on the deck of a boat during a staff picnic in Vancouver, BC. Bob Peers is standing on the bottom deck, to the right wearing a "V" neck sweater.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1924

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 13.2 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-535

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of the staff members of the Bank of Nova Scotia posing on the deck of a boat during a staff picnic in Vancouver, BC. Bob Peers is standing on the bottom deck, to the right wearing a "V" neck sweater.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Boating; Recreational Activities - Picnics

Names: Peers, William John "Bob"; Bank of Nova Scotia

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

Images

Bank of Nova Scotia staff picnic, 1924 thumbnail

Boating at Yellow Point

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39289

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1925]

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 Claude Hill rowing a boat with two women, both unidentified. One of the women is holding a fishing pole.

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 ; 6 x 10.5 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-608

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Claude Hill rowing a boat with two women, both unidentified. One of the women is holding a fishing pole.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Boating; Recreational Activities - Fishing

Names: Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Boating at Yellow Point, [1925] thumbnail

Charlotte Vidal and others in boats

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82495

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1915 and 1934]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7.5 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph shows three women (the middle one identified as Charlotte Vidal) and three unidentified boys. They are in two boats on a lake and some of them are holding crabs.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1915 and 1934]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7.5 x 11 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-075

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph shows three women (the middle one identified as Charlotte Vidal) and three unidentified boys. They are in two boats on a lake and some of them are holding crabs.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Boating; Recreational Activities - Fishing

Names: Hill, Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Charlotte Vidal and others in boats, [between 1915 and 1934] thumbnail

Bank of Nova Scotia tennis party

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39215

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1926

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 10.5 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of the staff of the Bank of Nova Scotia on the lawn of the Peers family home, Greyfriars, during a tennis party. Bob Peers is seated on the ground, in the centre of the first row (holding a tennis racket.)

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1926

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 10.5 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-534

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of the staff of the Bank of Nova Scotia on the lawn of the Peers family home, Greyfriars, during a tennis party. Bob Peers is seated on the ground, in the centre of the first row (holding a tennis racket.)

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Picnics; Sports - Tennis

Names: Bank of Nova Scotia; Peers, William John "Bob"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

Geographic Access: Rugby Street

Street Address: 5289 Rugby Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

Images

Bank of Nova Scotia tennis party, 1926 thumbnail

Begining construction on the Lozells Community Hall

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36420

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1922

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 7 x 11 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the begining of construction on the Lozells Community Hall.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1922

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 7 x 11 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 267-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1991-34

Scope and Content: Photograph of the begining of construction on the Lozells Community Hall.

Subjects: Construction; Buildings - Recreational - Community Halls

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Print is a colour copy of a sepia original

Geographic Access: Lozells Avenue; Government Road

Historic Neighbourhood: Lozells (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Government Road Area

Images

Begining construction on the Lozells Community Hall, 1922 thumbnail

Boating at Campbell River

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39350

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1921

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.2 x 7.3 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of five people sitting in a boat, next to a small boathouse. All are unidentified but the location is given as Campbell River.

1 image

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 ; 5.2 x 7.3 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-669

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of five people sitting in a boat, next to a small boathouse. All are unidentified but the location is given as Campbell River.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Boating; Buildings - Residential - Boathouses

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

Images

Boating at Campbell River, 1921 thumbnail

Boating at Yellow Point

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39291

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1929]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph ; b&w ; 5.7 x 6.4 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of two unidentified people in a boat on the water at Yellow Point.

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 ; 5.7 x 6.4 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-610

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of two unidentified people in a boat on the water at Yellow Point.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Boating

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Boating at Yellow Point, [1929] thumbnail

Boating on Deer Lake

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39305

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1922

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.2 x 10 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of three young people boating on Deer Lake. 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 ; 6.2 x 10 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-624

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of three young people boating on Deer Lake. All are unidentified.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Boating; Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Deer Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Images

Boating on Deer Lake

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39306

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 10 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of four people, all unidentified, boating on Deer Lake. In the background, the grounds and water tower of the Fairacres estate belonging to Henry Ceperley are visible.

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 10 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-625

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of four people, all unidentified, boating on Deer Lake. In the background, the grounds and water tower of the Fairacres estate belonging to Henry Ceperley are visible.