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The Bird's Paradise, Vancouver, BC

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[between 1930 and 1945]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w postcard hand-tinted into col.
Scope and Content
Photographic postcard of an unidentified man in tweed suit smoking a pipe.There are birds resting on his head, on his pipe and hand, on his shoulder and his forearm. The birds on his hand have been coloured red, and the others are coloured yellow. A caption to the photograph reads: The Birds' Para…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w postcard hand-tinted into col.
Material Details
inscribed in the original negative, printed on recto, c. r. "The Birds' Paradise,/ Vancouver, B.C./ No. 2.", l.l. "[copyright c with circle]" printed on verso, t. "MADE IN CANADA BY THE GOWEN, SUTTON CO. LTD., VANCOUVER, B. C."
Scope and Content
Photographic postcard of an unidentified man in tweed suit smoking a pipe.There are birds resting on his head, on his pipe and hand, on his shoulder and his forearm. The birds on his hand have been coloured red, and the others are coloured yellow. A caption to the photograph reads: The Birds' Paradise / Vancouver, B.C. / No. 2.
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts - Postcards
Animals - Fowl
Geographic Access
Vancouver
Accession Code
BV985.6012.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[between 1930 and 1945]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2024-02-27
Photographer
Gowen Sutton Company Limited
Notes
Title based on contents of postcard
Images
Less detail

Stone fountain in lake

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1416
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1920]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 6.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a small stone fountain spraying water in a pond laid with stones along the edges. There are swans and ducks in the pond, with trees and a part of a wooden building in the background. A note in the accession register speculates the location is Beaver Lake in Stanley Park, Vancouver.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 6.5 cm
Material Details
The name "velox" is lightly printed on the back of the photo paper: thus, the photograph is printed on Kodak velox photo paper made in early 1900s for amateur photography.
stamped on verso, "729"
Scope and Content
Photograph of a small stone fountain spraying water in a pond laid with stones along the edges. There are swans and ducks in the pond, with trees and a part of a wooden building in the background. A note in the accession register speculates the location is Beaver Lake in Stanley Park, Vancouver.
Subjects
Fountains
Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds
Animals - Fowl
Geographic Access
Vancouver
Accession Code
BV985.5790.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1920]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2024-02-02
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Betty Stevenson

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36688
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[198-] (date of original), copied 1992
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 7.5 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph Betty Stevenson in her living room in Vancouver Heights.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[198-] (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 ; 8.5 x 7.5 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
315-043
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS1994-04
Scope and Content
Photograph Betty Stevenson in her living room in Vancouver Heights.
Subjects
Animals - Cats
Names
Stevenson, Betty
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Parker Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Willingdon Heights Area
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"Happy Family" Cat Diorama

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1904]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 9.8 x 12.4 cm mounted on cardboard 13.8 x 16.0 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a cat in a diorama box, with a mouse and two kittens cuddling by her side. Annotations on the front of the photo read: "Happy Family" and "Entered according to Act of the Parliament of Canada in the year 1904 by John Johnson; Vancouver B.C. at the Department of Agriculture."
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 9.8 x 12.4 cm mounted on cardboard 13.8 x 16.0 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a cat in a diorama box, with a mouse and two kittens cuddling by her side. Annotations on the front of the photo read: "Happy Family" and "Entered according to Act of the Parliament of Canada in the year 1904 by John Johnson; Vancouver B.C. at the Department of Agriculture."
Subjects
Animals - Cats
Accession Code
HV972.117.9
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1904]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-04-18
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail