Work group from the Bay
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4647
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of staff who worked at the "Mirror Room" which was the dressmaking department at "The Bay" department store. Flossie Parsons (nee Smith) is identified in the third row, third person from the left.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of staff who worked at the "Mirror Room" which was the dressmaking department at "The Bay" department store. Flossie Parsons (nee Smith) is identified in the third row, third person from the left.
- History
- Flossie Maude Parsons (nee Smith) was born to George Henry Smith, a farm labourer, and Harriet Ann Savage on February 13, 1896 in Ealing, England. She immigrated to Canada with some of her family members in the early 1920s. They lived in Winnipeg for a few years as an older brother had settled there in 1912. She married Herbert Russell Parsons on June 23, 1928. They first lived in Vancouver and finally bought a home at 7091 Jubilee Avenue, South Burnaby in the early 1930s. In 1943, Flossie was certified in Home Nursing. Herbert Parsons was active during the Second World War as a volunteer for Civil Defence in Burnaby and worked as a salesman for Woodwards. The couple had no children. Herbert passed away on May 23rd, 1957 (age 84) and Flossie passed away on April 6, 1996 (age 100).
- Other Title Information
- Title based on content of photograph
- Accession Code
- BV017.38.12
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Date
- 26-Mar-2018
Images
Yerba Buena to Oakland
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1734
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1939]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the original Eastern span of San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (built in 1936) taken from Treasure Island. The bridge was constructed in five phases: first the East Span, followed by the tunnel through Yerba Buena Island, and then the West span. This was followed by the I-80 West Appro…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the original Eastern span of San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (built in 1936) taken from Treasure Island. The bridge was constructed in five phases: first the East Span, followed by the tunnel through Yerba Buena Island, and then the West span. This was followed by the I-80 West Approach and on- and off-ramps, and finally, the Transbay Terminal in San Francisco.
- Accession Code
- BV985.6114.128
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1939]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-04-02
- Notes
- Title based on note written on verso of photograph
- Handwritten note in black ball-point pen on verso of photograph reads: "Yerba Beuna to Oakland"
- Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "653 F"
- Handwritten note in pencil on verso of photograph crosses out "53" and reads: "41"