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Burnaby's First May Day 1925

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
May 1925
Collection/Fonds
Hawkshaw family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the procession of May Queen Suite and other attendants at the first May Day celebration in Burnaby in 1925. Each girl in the suite is holding a flower basket and escorted by a man in a suit and matching hats. A flag flying in the back and a water tower can be seen from behind the pr…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Hawkshaw family fonds
Series
Burnaby events photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the procession of May Queen Suite and other attendants at the first May Day celebration in Burnaby in 1925. Each girl in the suite is holding a flower basket and escorted by a man in a suit and matching hats. A flag flying in the back and a water tower can be seen from behind the procession. Guards and crowds are also visible.
Subjects
Events - Parades
Events - May Day
Names
Whittaker, Ruth Lavinia Bearn
Hawkshaw, Mabel Edith Honor McClean
Jeffers, Eileen Mary Jacques
McLean, Alexander K.
McCulloch, Margaret
Geographic Access
Central Park
Imperial Street
Street Address
3883 Imperial Street
Accession Code
HV977.17.11
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
May 1925
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Maywood Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-07-04
Scale
100
Photographer
Stride, Charles Edgar
Notes
Annotation on the back of the photograph read: "Ruth Byrne [sic] [the first May Queen in Burnaby, leading the procession], Jessie, Margaret McCulloch, Eileen Jacques"
Second annotation reads: "Reeve A.K. McLean, Mrs. John Hawkshaw in white turban."
Inscribed in the original negative, and printed on the photograph, bottom front: "#11 / Burnaby's First May Day 1925 / Stride Photo."
Images
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Longstaff family picnic

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1919 or 1920]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 5.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Longstaff family and their friends at a picnic in Central Park. Everyone is dressed mostly in white, and four of the ten are wearing hats.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1919 or 1920]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Kathleen Moore family subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 5.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
266-001
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1991-33
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Longstaff family and their friends at a picnic in Central Park. Everyone is dressed mostly in white, and four of the ten are wearing hats.
Subjects
Geographic Features - Parks
Recreational Activities - Picnics
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Central Park
Imperial Street
Street Address
3883 Imperial Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Maywood Area
Images
Less detail