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Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of a labourer grappling with a large log on the log chute at the Barnet mill. The caption to the card reads: "A Good Size Log / Barnet B.C." The Barnet Mill was called the North Pacific Lumber Company from 1889 to 1914.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1907]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Charles Lee subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8.7 x 13.8 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 411-005

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2000-13

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of a labourer grappling with a large log on the log chute at the Barnet mill. The caption to the card reads: "A Good Size Log / Barnet B.C." The Barnet Mill was called the North Pacific Lumber Company from 1889 to 1914.

Subjects: Occupations - Labourers; Woodworking Tools and Equipment - Logging Machinery; Buildings - Industrial - Mills; Documentary Artifacts - Postcards

Names: Barnet Mill

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title taken from caption

Geographic Access: Barnet Village; Texaco Drive

Street Address: 8059 Texaco Drive

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

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A Good Size Log, Barnet B.C, [1907] thumbnail

Allan Rock visits Burnaby North Secondary School

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2002]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of Jesse Chen, a grade 12 student at Burnaby North Secondary School, showing a computer game to Allan Rock, the federal Minister of Industry, and other unidentified officials, students, and news reporters.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2002]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-2789

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Jesse Chen, a grade 12 student at Burnaby North Secondary School, showing a computer game to Allan Rock, the federal Minister of Industry, and other unidentified officials, students, and news reporters.

Subjects: Persons - Students; Officials - Elected Officials; Telecommunication Tools and Equipment

Names: Burnaby North High School

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a September 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Jesse Chen, a Grade 12 student at Burnaby North Secondary, explains a computer game developed by students at the school, to federal Minister of Industry, Allan Rock. The Minister was visiting the school to announce the names of 30 new schools to the SchoolNet's Network of Innovative Schools."

Geographic Access: Hammarskjold Drive

Street Address: 751 Hammarskjold Drive

Planning Study Area: Parkcrest-Aubrey Area

Images

Allan Rock visits Burnaby North Secondary School, [2002] thumbnail

Al Mattrick of insinc.ca

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2000]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of Al Mattrick, the director of business development for Internet broadcaster insinc.ca, posing with a video camera inside of a recording studio.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2000]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-2144

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Al Mattrick, the director of business development for Internet broadcaster insinc.ca, posing with a video camera inside of a recording studio.

Subjects: Telecommunication Tools and Equipment

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in an April 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Al Mattrick is the director of business development for insinc.ca, a leading edge internet broadcaster based in Burnaby."

Images

Al Mattrick of insinc.ca, [2000] thumbnail

A man in a recording studio

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: ca.1983

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 18.5 x 25.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a man in a studio with audiovisual equipment. He is placing a VHS tape into an editing device.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: ca.1983

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 18.5 x 25.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-1447

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2009-01

Scope and Content: Photograph of a man in a studio with audiovisual equipment. He is placing a VHS tape into an editing device.

Subjects: Sound Communication Tools and Equipment

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Hodge, Craig

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photographer's stamp on verso; Note on verso reads: "page 6 / Burnaby / Today / PMT 100%"

Images

A man in a recording studio, ca.1983 thumbnail

Anik-B educational television system

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1979

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 19 x 22.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Education Minister Pat McGreer delivering the first message with the Anik-B educational television system which connected fourteen classrooms around the province and in the Northwest Territories to the originating studio at the British Columbia Institute of Technology.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1979

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 19 x 22.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-351

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2003-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of Education Minister Pat McGreer delivering the first message with the Anik-B educational television system which connected fourteen classrooms around the province and in the Northwest Territories to the originating studio at the British Columbia Institute of Technology.

Subjects: Telecommunication Tools and Equipment - Televisions

Names: British Columbia Institute of Technology; McGreer, Pat

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Battistoni, Peter

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "ON THE AIR ... The Anik-B educational television system went on the air live Monday as Education Minister Pat McGreer delivered the first message. The system connects some 14 classrooms around the province and in the Northwest Territories to the originating studio at BCIT. The lessons are beamed via sattelite [sic] to the classrooms, most of which have the capacity to talk back to the instructor during the lesson."; Note on recto of photograph reads: "CAMERA IS AT TOP ON PHOTO."

Geographic Access: Willingdon Avenue

Street Address: 3700 Willingdon Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

Images

Anik-B educational television system, 1979 thumbnail

Antique clocks and flatware

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1978

Collection/Fonds: Bill Jeffries fonds

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of a table of antique clocks and flatware at the Lougheed Drive-in swap meet in the summer of 1978. An unidentified vendor is standing behind the table with her hands behind her back.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1978

Collection/Fonds: Bill Jeffries fonds

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

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 528-045

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2011-01

Scope and Content: Photograph of a table of antique clocks and flatware at the Lougheed Drive-in swap meet in the summer of 1978. An unidentified vendor is standing behind the table with her hands behind her back.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Automobile Parking Lots; Timekeeping Tools and Equipment

Names: Lougheed Drive-In Theatre

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Jeffries, Bill

Notes: Title based on contents of item

Geographic Access: Lougheed Highway

Historic Neighbourhood: Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: West Central Valley Area

Images

Antique clocks and flatware

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription70423

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1978

Collection/Fonds: Bill Jeffries fonds

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of a table of antique clocks and flatware at the Lougheed Drive-in swap meet in the summer of 1978. An unidentified vendor is standing behind the table, smiling at a potential customer.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1978

Collection/Fonds: Bill Jeffries fonds

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

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 528-119

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2011-01

Scope and Content: Photograph of a table of antique clocks and flatware at the Lougheed Drive-in swap meet in the summer of 1978. An unidentified vendor is standing behind the table, smiling at a potential customer.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Automobile Parking Lots; Timekeeping Tools and Equipment

Names: Lougheed Drive-In Theatre

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Jeffries, Bill

Notes: Title based on contents of item

Geographic Access: Lougheed Highway

Historic Neighbourhood: Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: West Central Valley Area

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Archie Brown-John cutting wood

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [193-] (date of original), digitally copied 2012

Collection/Fonds: Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpeg) : col. ; 300ppi

Scope and Content: Photograph of Archie Brown-John and an unidentified man working with a crosscut saw to cut firewood. Archie is on the left, wearing a fedora.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [193-] (date of original), digitally copied 2012

Collection/Fonds: Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Series: Burna-Boom Oral History project series

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpeg) : col. ; 300ppi

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 549-005

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2012-30

Scope and Content: Photograph of Archie Brown-John and an unidentified man working with a crosscut saw to cut firewood. Archie is on the left, wearing a fedora.

Subjects: Woodworking Tools and Equipment

Names: Brown-John, Archie

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Archie Brown-John cutting wood, [193-] (date of original), digitally copied 2012 thumbnail

Arthur Francis Peers

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1927]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 11.8 cm on page 17.5 x 26.2 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Arthur Francis Peers standing near railway tracks at an unknown location. Snow can be seen covering the ground and Arthur is pictured wearing winter jacket, boots, hat and mittens. In his right hand he is holding a box camera and he is smoking a pipe. Throughout the late 1920s, Arthu…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1927]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Peers family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 11.8 cm on page 17.5 x 26.2 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-171

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of Arthur Francis Peers standing near railway tracks at an unknown location. Snow can be seen covering the ground and Arthur is pictured wearing winter jacket, boots, hat and mittens. In his right hand he is holding a box camera and he is smoking a pipe. Throughout the late 1920s, Arthur Peers travelled throughout the Fraser Valley, British Columbia during the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway and documented a lot of the work through his photographs. A caption to this picture reads: "Breaking camp."

Subjects: Photographic Tools and Equipment - Cameras; Occupations - Photographers

Names: Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Automatic equipment being installed

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1959

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of three men working with rows of equipment at the British Columbia Telephone Company Glenburn Exchange at Delta Avenue and Parker Street. A typed description on the back of the photograph reads, "Automatic equipment being installed in the new Glenburn exchange. / B.C. Telephone Company…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1959

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 111-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of three men working with rows of equipment at the British Columbia Telephone Company Glenburn Exchange at Delta Avenue and Parker Street. A typed description on the back of the photograph reads, "Automatic equipment being installed in the new Glenburn exchange. / B.C. Telephone Company."

Subjects: Telecommunication Tools and Equipment

Names: British Columbia Telephone Company

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Williams Brothers Photographers Limited

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Stamp and annotation at bottom of photograph reads, "Williams Bros. Photographers Ltd. / 413 Granville St. Vancouver 2, B.C. / Phone Tatlow 8588 / 06569-7"

Geographic Access: Delta Avenue; Parker Street

Planning Study Area: Brentwood Area

Images

Automatic equipment being installed, 1959 thumbnail

BC Electric Towers, Barnet, BC

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-]

Collection/Fonds: LaFavor Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8.5 x 14 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard depicting the B.C. Electric Towers in Barnet, BC.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-]

Collection/Fonds: LaFavor Family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8.5 x 14 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 540-003

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-03

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard depicting the B.C. Electric Towers in Barnet, BC.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Postcards; Energy Production Tools and Equipment

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Canadian Photo Company

Notes: Transcribed title

Geographic Access: Barnet Village

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

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BC Electric Towers, Barnet, BC, [191-] thumbnail

BCIT campus radio

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96011

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2004]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of Jen Bacus, a radio broadcast student and staff at the new BCIT campus radio station CFML, standing inside a recording booth next to a light that reads "On Air."

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2004]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-1762

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Jen Bacus, a radio broadcast student and staff at the new BCIT campus radio station CFML, standing inside a recording booth next to a light that reads "On Air."

Subjects: Telecommunication Tools and Equipment - Radios; Persons - Students; Buildings - Schools - Universities and Colleges

Names: British Columbia Institute of Technology

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a January 2004 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "BCIT's campus radio station, CFML, is about to go on the air, over the air, as the station has been approved for an FM license by the CRTC. Once the station has secured space on a broadcast tower, it will be able to be heard all over Burnaby, New Westminster, parts of Vancouver and Coquitlam. Jen Bacus is a radio broadcast student, and the station's marketing and promotions director."

Geographic Access: Willingdon Avenue

Street Address: 3700 Willingdon Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

Images

BCTV Television Centre

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: September 22, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Scope and Content: Photograph shows BCTV Television Centre on Enterprise Street in the Lake City Industrial Park.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: September 22, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 556-254

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2013-13

Scope and Content: Photograph shows BCTV Television Centre on Enterprise Street in the Lake City Industrial Park.

Subjects: Telecommunication Tools and Equipment - Televisions

Names: British Columbia Television

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: McCarron, John

Notes: Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.; 1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying

Geographic Access: Enterprise Street

Planning Study Area: Lake City Area

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BCTV Television Centre

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: September 22, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Scope and Content: Photograph shows Tony Parsons, the anchor man on the BCTV six o'clock evening news, in the newsroom of BCTV Television Centre on Enterprise Street in the Lake City Industrial Park.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: September 22, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 556-255

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2013-13

Scope and Content: Photograph shows Tony Parsons, the anchor man on the BCTV six o'clock evening news, in the newsroom of BCTV Television Centre on Enterprise Street in the Lake City Industrial Park.

Subjects: Telecommunication Tools and Equipment - Televisions

Names: British Columbia Television

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: McCarron, John

Notes: Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.; 1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying

Geographic Access: Enterprise Street

Planning Study Area: Lake City Area

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BCTV Television Centre

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription79347

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: September 22, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Scope and Content: Photograph shows Tony Parsons and other members of the BCTV news staff at a line-up meeting to determine what order the enws of the day will be in on the evening show.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: September 22, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 556-256

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2013-13

Scope and Content: Photograph shows Tony Parsons and other members of the BCTV news staff at a line-up meeting to determine what order the enws of the day will be in on the evening show.

Subjects: Telecommunication Tools and Equipment - Televisions

Names: British Columbia Television

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: McCarron, John

Notes: Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.; 1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying

Geographic Access: Enterprise Street

Planning Study Area: Lake City Area

Images

BCTV Television Centre

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription79348

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: September 22, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Scope and Content: Photograph shows BCTV cameramen and newsman Tony Parsons in the studio just prior to going on the air with the six o'clock evening news.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: September 22, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 556-257

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2013-13

Scope and Content: Photograph shows BCTV cameramen and newsman Tony Parsons in the studio just prior to going on the air with the six o'clock evening news.