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Woodward House

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1990]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the home that belonged to early Burnaby lake residents, Maude and Harriet Woodward. This home replaced their earlier cottage at 5141 Sperling Avenue and served as a residence, post office and private school. This photograph shows the home as it appeared in 1990.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1990]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Municipal record subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 13 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 422-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS2001-09

Scope and Content: Photograph of the home that belonged to early Burnaby lake residents, Maude and Harriet Woodward. This home replaced their earlier cottage at 5141 Sperling Avenue and served as a residence, post office and private school. This photograph shows the home as it appeared in 1990.

Subjects: Buildings - Heritage

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Wolf, Jim

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Sperling Avenue

Street Address: 5195 Sperling Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

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Woodworking Business on Edmonds Street

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1944 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.7 x 4.5 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.2 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a furniture and woodworking business, Westminster Furniture Manufacturing Company at 1470 Edmonds Street (later renumbered as the 7200 block of Edmonds Street). Signs above the door read, "Fixtures, Furniture, General Woodworking," and a man is standing outside.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1944 (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 ; 2.7 x 4.5 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.2 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-414

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of a furniture and woodworking business, Westminster Furniture Manufacturing Company at 1470 Edmonds Street (later renumbered as the 7200 block of Edmonds Street). Signs above the door read, "Fixtures, Furniture, General Woodworking," and a man is standing outside.

Subjects: Buildings - Industrial - Factories; Carpentry

Names: Westminster Furniture Manufacturing Company

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast

Geographic Access: Edmonds Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Stride Avenue Area

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Woodworking Business on Edmonds Street, 1944 (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Workers and their trucks outside of United Fraser Growers

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1938 and 1945] (date of original), 2019 (date of duplication)

Collection/Fonds: Herbert Yee Law family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff)

Scope and Content: Photograph of workers standing near their trucks out front of the United Fraser Growers Ltd store, at its Keefer Street location.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Herbert Yee Law family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff)

Scope and Content: Photograph of workers standing near their trucks out front of the United Fraser Growers Ltd store, at its Keefer Street location.

History: The United Fraser Growers Co-operative operated from 1934 until 1957. The head office was at 256 East Georgia in the 1930s and 341 Keefer Street in the 1940s and 1950s. The company was a wholesaler that purchased produce from Chinese farmers.

Names: United Fraser Growers Limited

Accession Code: BV019.11.2

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1938 and 1945] (date of original), 2019 (date of duplication)

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 08-Feb-2019

Scale: 96

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Workers and their trucks outside of United Fraser Growers, [between 1938 and 1945] (date of original), 2019 (date of duplication) thumbnail

Workers outside of United Fraser Growers

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1938 and 1945] (date of original), 2019 (date of duplication)

Collection/Fonds: Herbert Yee Law family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff)

Scope and Content: Photograph of workers standing out front of the United Fraser Growers Ltd store, at its Keefer Street location. Herbert Law (Yee Law) is standing fourth from left. Law later purchased farmland in Burnaby.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Herbert Yee Law family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff)

Scope and Content: Photograph of workers standing out front of the United Fraser Growers Ltd store, at its Keefer Street location. Herbert Law (Yee Law) is standing fourth from left. Law later purchased farmland in Burnaby.

History: The United Fraser Growers Co-operative operated from 1934 until 1957. The head office was at 256 East Georgia in the 1930s and 341 Keefer Street in the 1940s and 1950s. The company was a wholesaler that purchased produce from Chinese farmers.

Subjects: Persons - Chinese Canadians

Names: Law, Yee "Herbert"; United Fraser Growers Limited

Accession Code: BV019.11.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1938 and 1945] (date of original), 2019 (date of duplication)

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 08-Feb-2019

Scale: 96

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Workers outside of United Fraser Growers, [between 1938 and 1945] (date of original), 2019 (date of duplication) thumbnail

Worker with sandbags

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1999]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified worker, wearing a reflective vest and a hardhat, preparing a sandbag and surrounded by a lot of large sandbags.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1999]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-3195

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified worker, wearing a reflective vest and a hardhat, preparing a sandbag and surrounded by a lot of large sandbags.

Subjects: Occupations - Civic Workers; Construction Tools and Equipment

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Collected by editorial for use in a May 1999 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader

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Working at the Dominion Bridge Co.'s Burnaby plant

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: April 1966, published April 18, 1966

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 18.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of workmen at the Dominion Bridge Co.'s Burnaby plant. They are feeding a flat steel plate, more than three inches think inot a pyramind roll for fabrication in the making of a sulfinol vessel for the petroleum industry in Alberta. The workmen are wearing asbestos aluminum suits to withs…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: April 1966, published April 18, 1966

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 18.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-507

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2003-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of workmen at the Dominion Bridge Co.'s Burnaby plant. They are feeding a flat steel plate, more than three inches think inot a pyramind roll for fabrication in the making of a sulfinol vessel for the petroleum industry in Alberta. The workmen are wearing asbestos aluminum suits to withstand the intense heat reflected from the heated plate (the plate was heated in a furnace before being fed into the pyramid roll).

Subjects: Buildings - Industrial - Factories; Occupations - Labourers

Names: Dominion Bridge Company

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Henry Tregillas Photography Ltd.

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Boundary Road

Street Address: 2400 Boundary Road

Historic Neighbourhood: Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: West Central Valley Area

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Working at the Dominion Bridge Co.'s Burnaby plant, April 1966, published April 18, 1966 thumbnail

Working on an Austin 7

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1933 and 1940]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w copy negative ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a man working on a Austin 7 (looks to be the 1933 model). He is standing in overalls with a cloth in his hand, holding the passenger side door open. There is a tire on the ground at his feet.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1933 and 1940]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Kay North subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w copy negative ; 35 mm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 269-003

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1991-38

Scope and Content: Photograph of a man working on a Austin 7 (looks to be the 1933 model). He is standing in overalls with a cloth in his hand, holding the passenger side door open. There is a tire on the ground at his feet.

Subjects: Transportation - Automobiles

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Working on an Austin 7, [between 1933 and 1940] thumbnail

Working on the floor of the C.W. Parker 119 carousel

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [betweeen Feb. 20 and Mar. 26, 1993]

Collection/Fonds: Faye Diamond fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph of volunteeers working on the floor platforms of the C.W. Parker 119 Carousel. Bob Watts (left, in striped shirt) appears to be installing a drop rod. Project manager Keith Jamieson is wearing a blue baseball cap on the right.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Faye Diamond fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph of volunteeers working on the floor platforms of the C.W. Parker 119 Carousel. Bob Watts (left, in striped shirt) appears to be installing a drop rod. Project manager Keith Jamieson is wearing a blue baseball cap on the right.

Subjects: Recreational Devices - Carousels

Names: Lower Mainland Association of the Friends of the Vancouver Carousel; Watts, Bob; Jamieson, Keith

Accession Code: BV003.44.29

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [betweeen Feb. 20 and Mar. 26, 1993]

Media Type: Photograph

Arrangement: Arrangement by Faye Diamond

Scan Resolution: 2400

Scan Date: 26-Jan-2021

Scale: 100

Photographer: Diamond, Faye Stebner

Notes: Title based on content of photograph ; 1 col. copy negative accompanying

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Working on the floor of the C.W. Parker 119 carousel, [betweeen Feb. 20 and Mar. 26, 1993] thumbnail

Working on the green chain

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [194-] (date of original), copied 2004

Collection/Fonds: In the Shadow by the Sea collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of two unidentified Chinese Canadian men working on the green chain of Kapoor Sawmills Limited. Burrard Inlet and the north shore mountains are visible in the distance.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: In the Shadow by the Sea collection

Series: Kapoor Singh Siddoo family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of two unidentified Chinese Canadian men working on the green chain of Kapoor Sawmills Limited. Burrard Inlet and the north shore mountains are visible in the distance.

Subjects: Industries - Logging/lumber; Persons - Chinese Canadians; Occupations - Millworkers; Persons - South Asian Canadians

Names: Kapoor Sawmills Limited

Geographic Access: Burrard Inlet; Barnet Marine Park

Accession Code: BV019.32.14

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [194-] (date of original), copied 2004

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Working on the green chain, [194-] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail

Workshop

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: April 22, 1998

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 22.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of three unidentified boys working on what appears to be a soapbox car in a workshop.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: April 22, 1998

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 22.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-1172

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2012-11

Scope and Content: Photograph of three unidentified boys working on what appears to be a soapbox car in a workshop.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "Bby Contrib / NW B1 76%"; Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)

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Workshop

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: August 17, 1997

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.5 x 23 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two unidentified men in what appears to be a workshop.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: August 17, 1997

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.5 x 23 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-0881

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2012-11

Scope and Content: Photograph of two unidentified men in what appears to be a workshop.

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Kidd, Colleen

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "08/17 1853 Bby p. 1 Colleen 63%"; Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)

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World Vision

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: April 22, 1998

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 23 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of four unidentified people, 3 female, 1 male, wearing World Vision 30 hour famine t-shirts.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: April 22, 1998

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 23 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-1169

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2012-11

Scope and Content: Photograph of four unidentified people, 3 female, 1 male, wearing World Vision 30 hour famine t-shirts.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "Bby Contrib C / NW B4 52%"; Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)

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Wrestling

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: December 23, 1997

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 22.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of New Westminster Hyacks’ Mike Wood and Roozbeh Banihasheli of Burnaby Central Wildcats in a wrestling match.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: December 23, 1997

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 22.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-1048

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2012-11

Scope and Content: Photograph of New Westminster Hyacks’ Mike Wood and Roozbeh Banihasheli of Burnaby Central Wildcats in a wrestling match.

Names: Wood, Mike; Banihasheli, Roozbeh

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Ray, Steve

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "2863 Bby Steve 77%"; Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)

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Wrestling

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: February 11, 1998

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.5 x 24 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a wrestling match between Burnaby’s James Bordignon and Pinetree Secondary’s Patrick Chen.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: February 11, 1998

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.5 x 24 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-1109

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2012-11

Scope and Content: Photograph of a wrestling match between Burnaby’s James Bordignon and Pinetree Secondary’s Patrick Chen.

Subjects: Sports

Names: Bordignon, James; Chen, Patrick

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Ray, Steve

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black and blue ink on recto of photograph reads: "284 Bby/NW Mario / Bby 25 69%"; Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)

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Wrestling

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: February 22, 1998

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 24 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a wrestling match between Saint Thomas More Knights’ Lawrence Jacob and Riverside Rapids’ Ryan Murdok.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: February 22, 1998

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 24 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-1119

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2012-11

Scope and Content: Photograph of a wrestling match between Saint Thomas More Knights’ Lawrence Jacob and Riverside Rapids’ Ryan Murdok.

Names: Jacob, Lawrence; Murdok, Ryan

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "335 Bby Mario / Bby pg. 15 72%"; Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)

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Wrestling

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: February 19, 1997

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 19 x 21 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a wrestling match between Burnaby Central student Warren Mills and Hastings student Nick Normon.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: February 19, 1997

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 19 x 21 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-0598

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2012-11

Scope and Content: Photograph of a wrestling match between Burnaby Central student Warren Mills and Hastings student Nick Normon.

Subjects: Sports

Names: Mills, Warren; Normon, Nick

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Langdeau, Brian

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "MR - 17 - 80% / 372 B / 372 - Bby - Brian."; Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)

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Wright family home

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [194-?] (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.7 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Wright family home at 2449 Humphries Avenue (later 6844 Humphries Avenue). Fred and Mabel Wright and their family lived here from 1942 to 1972.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [194-?] (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.7 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 315-526

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1994-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Wright family home at 2449 Humphries Avenue (later 6844 Humphries Avenue). Fred and Mabel Wright and their family lived here from 1942 to 1972.