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The 66th May Day Celebration

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
May 1, 1936
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 12.2 x 17.3 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of girls each holding a ribbon from the Maypole in her hands, getting ready for the Maypole dance at the May Day Celebration in New Westminster in 1936. Most of the girls are wearing white dresses, some are in a skirt and blouse, and most wear strap shoes. There is a crowd o…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 12.2 x 17.3 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of girls each holding a ribbon from the Maypole in her hands, getting ready for the Maypole dance at the May Day Celebration in New Westminster in 1936. Most of the girls are wearing white dresses, some are in a skirt and blouse, and most wear strap shoes. There is a crowd of people gathered behind them to watch the dance. Inscribed in the negative and printed on the photograph, bottom front: "The 66th May Day Celebration / New Westminster, B.C., May 1st, 1936 / Photos by the Stride Studios / #28."
Subjects
Recreational Activities - Dancing
Events - May Day
Geographic Access
New Westminster
Accession Code
HV976.143.7
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
May 1, 1936
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-06-27
Photographer
Stride, Charles Edgar
Notes
The photographs in the accession HV976.143 are thought to be by the Stride studio, as the donor indicated in her letter that the Stride family were personal friends of her great-aunt and her husband, who resided in Edmonds. She wrote that she received a picture of the New Westminster or Burnaby May Day celebrations each year.
Images
Less detail

Interurban on. 1306

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1930]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 28 x 35.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of British Columbia Electric Railway Company interurban no. 1306 at Marine Drive in New Westminster.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 28 x 35.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of British Columbia Electric Railway Company interurban no. 1306 at Marine Drive in New Westminster.
Subjects
Transportation - Electric Railroads
Names
British Columbia Electric Railway Company
Geographic Access
New Westminster
Accession Code
BV988.9.5
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1930]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
1/7/2010
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail