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1936 pillar

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1936]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 9.5 x 7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a pillar topped by a circle with what appears to be a neon sign tubing writing out "1936". There is an insignia with two men on top of the circle [perhaps the Vancouver coat-of-arms]. As well, a Red Ensign and a Union Jack each hang from the pillar. Two streetcars and an apartment bui…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 9.5 x 7 cm
Material Details
Decorative border printed around the photograph on recto
Faint circular stamp mark of "Vancouver Drug Co." on verso, and gummed paper on each corner
Stamp reads, "Come to Vancouver's Golden Jubilee 1936/ 50 Years of Progress" outside its circular seal for "Vancouver Drug/ Co. Ltd./ Nu-Gloss/ PHOTO FINISH"
Scope and Content
Photograph of a pillar topped by a circle with what appears to be a neon sign tubing writing out "1936". There is an insignia with two men on top of the circle [perhaps the Vancouver coat-of-arms]. As well, a Red Ensign and a Union Jack each hang from the pillar. Two streetcars and an apartment building are all visible in the background. The pillar is believed to be a commemorative pillar marking Vancouver's Golden Jubilee in 1936.
Subjects
Symbols - Flags
Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards
Monuments
Geographic Access
Vancouver
Accession Code
BV985.5770.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1936]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2024-02-02
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Alan Gentles and John Prescott of the Dominion Bridge Company

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1976
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 24.5 x 19.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of (at left) Alan S. Gentles, the General Manager of Dominion Bridge Company from in a brown-checkered suit and John S. Prescott, Manager of Dominion Bridge Company in a grey-checkered suit (with a name sticker on the lapel) at the "Twenty-five Year Club Dinner." Both men are standing b…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 24.5 x 19.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of (at left) Alan S. Gentles, the General Manager of Dominion Bridge Company from in a brown-checkered suit and John S. Prescott, Manager of Dominion Bridge Company in a grey-checkered suit (with a name sticker on the lapel) at the "Twenty-five Year Club Dinner." Both men are standing behind a table set with cups, glasses and a wine glass full of cigarettes. Alan S. Gentles was General Manager from 1960 to 1976 and John Prescott was Manager from 1949 to 1976.
Subjects
Celebrations
Names
Dominion Bridge Company
Gentles, Alan S.
Prescott, John S
Accession Code
BV003.46.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
1976
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
09-Jun-09
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note in black felt pen on recto of photograph reads: "25 YR CLUB DINNER/ 1976"
Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "Left MR ALAN S. GENTLES GEN MGR 1960-1976 / Right JOHN S PRECOT [sic] MGR 1949-1976 he closed the plant"
Images
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Chinese carnival site at night

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1421
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1936]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 10.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph taken at night from an elevated spot, overlooking a fenced site. In the middle is a pagoda-shaped building, lighted from the inside. There are parked cars along the fencing, and several buildings in background. There are a number of bright sopt lights, and a banner hanging on one side of…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 10.5 cm
Material Details
stamped on verso, l.r. [visible through gummed paper] "589"
Faint circular stamp mark of "Vancouver Drug Co." on verso, and gummed paper on each corner. The stamp reads, "Come to Vancouver's Golden Jubilee 1936/ 50 Years of Progress" outside its circular seal for "Vancouver Drug/ Co. Ltd./ Nu-Gloss/ PHOTO FINISH"
Scope and Content
Photograph taken at night from an elevated spot, overlooking a fenced site. In the middle is a pagoda-shaped building, lighted from the inside. There are parked cars along the fencing, and several buildings in background. There are a number of bright sopt lights, and a banner hanging on one side of the fence that reads, "CHINESE CARNIVAL [illegible words]/ GRAND OPENING [illegible words]".
Subjects
Celebrations
Accession Code
BV985.5795.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1936]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2024-02-27
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Dominion Bridge Company staff

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1970
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 19.5 x 24.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Dominion Bridge Company staff gathered together inside the Biltmore Motor Hotel on Kingsway, Vancouver (most likely) for a Twenty-five Year Club Dinner.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 19.5 x 24.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Dominion Bridge Company staff gathered together inside the Biltmore Motor Hotel on Kingsway, Vancouver (most likely) for a Twenty-five Year Club Dinner.
Subjects
Celebrations
Names
Dominion Bridge Company
Accession Code
BV003.46.7
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
1970
Media Type
Photograph
Related Material
For other photographs of the company staff in the same banquet hall, see BV003.46.5 - .7
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
09-Jun-09
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note in blue felt pen on recto of photograph reads: "1970"
Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "D.C.P."
Images
Less detail

Dominion Bridge Company staff

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1746
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1972
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 24.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Dominion Bridge Company staff gathered together in four rows in a room with florescent ceiling lamps (most likely) for a Twenty-five Year Club Dinner.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 24.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Dominion Bridge Company staff gathered together in four rows in a room with florescent ceiling lamps (most likely) for a Twenty-five Year Club Dinner.
Subjects
Celebrations
Names
Dominion Bridge Company
Accession Code
BV003.46.13
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
1972
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
09-Jun-09
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Label taped to verso of photograph reads: "1972"
Images
Less detail

Dominion Bridge Company staff

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1747
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1971 or 1973]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9.5 x 24.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Dominion Bridge Company staff gathered together in four rows in a room with a studio light (at center) pointed directly at them (most likely) for a Twenty-five Year Club Dinner.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9.5 x 24.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Dominion Bridge Company staff gathered together in four rows in a room with a studio light (at center) pointed directly at them (most likely) for a Twenty-five Year Club Dinner.
Subjects
Celebrations
Names
Dominion Bridge Company
Accession Code
BV003.46.14
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1971 or 1973]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
09-Jun-09
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "D.C.P."
Images
Less detail

Dominion Bridge Company staff

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1748
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1971 or 1973]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 24.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Dominion Bridge Company staff gathered together in four rows in a hall with carpeted floors (most likely) for a Twenty-five Year Club Dinner.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 24.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Dominion Bridge Company staff gathered together in four rows in a hall with carpeted floors (most likely) for a Twenty-five Year Club Dinner.
Subjects
Celebrations
Names
Dominion Bridge Company
Accession Code
BV003.46.15
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1971 or 1973]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
09-Jun-09
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Ernest Winch memorial tablet

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[after 1957]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 19.5 x 24 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a memorial tablet dedicated to Ernest E. Winch who is remembered on the plaque as "THE FOUNDER OF THE NEW VISTA SOCIETY", dedicated to providing care and support for seniors. The tablet is mounted on a stone resting on a cement foundation. Ernest Winch was also a reknowned labour acti…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 19.5 x 24 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a memorial tablet dedicated to Ernest E. Winch who is remembered on the plaque as "THE FOUNDER OF THE NEW VISTA SOCIETY", dedicated to providing care and support for seniors. The tablet is mounted on a stone resting on a cement foundation. Ernest Winch was also a reknowned labour activist and Burnaby Member of the Legislative Assembly with the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / New Democratic Party.
Subjects
Monuments
Names
Winch, Ernest "Ernie"
Accession Code
BV006.12.1
Access Restriction
Restricted access
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[after 1957]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
11-Jun-09
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Memorial tablet reads: "ERNEST E. WINCH / 1879 - 1957 / THE FOUNDER OF THE NEW VISTA SOCIETY / 'NOT AS A LADDER FROM EARTH TO HEAVEN, / NOT AS A WITNESS TO ANY CREED, / BUT IN SIMPLE SERVICE, SIMPLY GIVEN / TO ALL MANKIND IN NEED'."
Images
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Mrs. McDonald's 78th birthday gathering

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[ca. 1930?]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 6.99 x 9.53 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of women and children standing in front of a hedge, posed for the photograph. Their clothes are mostly long dresses or skirts, short sleeved or sleeveless at top. There is a black dog lying on the grass in front of the people. The inscription on the photograph identifies the p…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 6.99 x 9.53 cm
Material Details
inscriped in black ink, verso, t. "ma/ Gertrude Bain/ Ida/ Mrs McDonald on her/ 78 Birthday/ Reta/ Mildred Lyness/ Harry, Alice, and Mary/ Idas girls"
The photograph has a decorative border printed around the image.
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of women and children standing in front of a hedge, posed for the photograph. Their clothes are mostly long dresses or skirts, short sleeved or sleeveless at top. There is a black dog lying on the grass in front of the people. The inscription on the photograph identifies the people as follows; back row of adults (l to r): "ma", Gertrude Bain, Ida, Mrs. McDonald, Reta, Mildred Lyness front row of children (l to r): Harry, Alice and Mary (Ida Girls). The occasion is Mrs. McDonald's 78th birthday.
Subjects
Celebrations
Animals - Dogs
Names
Bain, Gertrude
McDonald, Mrs.
Lyness, Mildred
Accession Code
HV983.42.105
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[ca. 1930?]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-11-07
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Three women and baby

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
July 1, 1936
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photograph of elderly woman sitting on a chair on the lawn. There are two younger women standing behind the woman, and a baby held standing up on a chair beside her. Behind the group of women and baby is a small dog walking towards the front. According to the inscription on the photograph, it was t…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Material Details
inscribed in black ink, verso, t. "From 1 yeare [sic]/ to 9[0] yeares [sic]/ the baby is one/ yeare [sic] and I have/ 90 yeares [sic]", in a different hand, "Mothers 90th/ Birthday. Etty/ Eva + Baby/ July 1/36"
Scope and Content
Photograph of elderly woman sitting on a chair on the lawn. There are two younger women standing behind the woman, and a baby held standing up on a chair beside her. Behind the group of women and baby is a small dog walking towards the front. According to the inscription on the photograph, it was taken on the seated woman's 90th birthday on July 1st, 1936, and the names of the younger women are Etty and Eva. In another photograph, the elderly woman is identified as Mother Laugley or Langley.
Subjects
Animals - Dogs
Celebrations
Accession Code
BV985.5901.4
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
July 1, 1936
Media Type
Photograph
Related Material
For other photographs of the elderly woman, see BV985.5901.2 and .
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2024-02-27
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

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