"Electrical" found 358 records

People at Heritage Village site during construction

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1971]

Collection/Fonds: Donald Copan collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of people standing on boards at Heritage Village site (now Burnaby Village Museum). Interurban 1223 is in the background. Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee Coorinator Mary Trainer is under the light-coloured umbrella and Alderman Warren Clark is standing to the left of her.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Donald Copan collection

Series: Copan album series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of people standing on boards at Heritage Village site (now Burnaby Village Museum). Interurban 1223 is in the background. Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee Coorinator Mary Trainer is under the light-coloured umbrella and Alderman Warren Clark is standing to the left of her.

Subjects: Construction; Transportation - Electric Railroads; Officials - Aldermen and Councillors

Names: Trainer, Mary; Burnaby Village Museum; Clark, Warren R.

Accession Code: BV005.54.442

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1971]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: September 26, 2019

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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People at Heritage Village site during construction

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1971]

Collection/Fonds: Donald Copan collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of people standing on boards at Heritage Village site (now Burnaby Village Museum). Interurban 1223 is in the background. Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee Coorinator Mary Trainer is under the light-coloured umbrella and Alderman Warren Clark is standing to the left of her.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Donald Copan collection

Series: Copan album series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of people standing on boards at Heritage Village site (now Burnaby Village Museum). Interurban 1223 is in the background. Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee Coorinator Mary Trainer is under the light-coloured umbrella and Alderman Warren Clark is standing to the left of her.

Subjects: Construction; Transportation - Electric Railroads

Names: Trainer, Mary; Burnaby Village Museum; Clark, Warren R.

Accession Code: BV005.54.443

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1971]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: September 26, 2019

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Phillips Hoyt Lumber Co.

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35059

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1916

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.7 x 11.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a Phillips-Hoyt Lumber Company horse team and sleigh in the snow at McKay Avenue. Two men are standing beside the sleigh which is piled with what may be wood. The sign on the building behind them reads, "Robert J. Burgess / Cash Grocery." An annotation on the back of the photo read…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1916

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pitman family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.7 x 11.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 186-003

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1986-35

Scope and Content: Photograph of a Phillips-Hoyt Lumber Company horse team and sleigh in the snow at McKay Avenue. Two men are standing beside the sleigh which is piled with what may be wood. The sign on the building behind them reads, "Robert J. Burgess / Cash Grocery." An annotation on the back of the photo reads, "Phillips Hoyt Lumber Co. / B.C. Electric Track & McKay Ave / 1916."

Subjects: Transportation - Horses; Industries - Forestry; Transportation - Wagons; Industries - Logging/lumber

Names: Phillips-Hoyt Lumber Company

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: McKay Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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Phillips Hoyt Lumber Co., 1916 thumbnail

Pixie McGeachie and Interurban 1223

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97741

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 Pixie McGeachie and her great-grandson, Landon Dixon, wearing "Friends of the Interurban 1223" fundraising T-shirts. The Interurban tram, gutted and undergoing restoration, is visible in the background.

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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.: 535-3015

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Pixie McGeachie and her great-grandson, Landon Dixon, wearing "Friends of the Interurban 1223" fundraising T-shirts. The Interurban tram, gutted and undergoing restoration, is visible in the background.

Subjects: Transportation - Electric Railroads; Artifacts

Names: McGeachie, Doreen “Pixie”; Friends of Interurban 1223

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a November 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Pixie McGeachie and her great grandson, Landon Dixon, 3, admire each other's new Interurban t-shirts. The shirts, available in adult and kid sizes, are a fundraiser for the restoration of the old Interurban streetcar."

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Pixie McGeachie and Interurban 1223, [2002] thumbnail

Portable substation at the Fraser Valley branch

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36545

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1907

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 17 x 12cm, mounted on board 27 x 22 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the interior of the portable "railcar" substation at the British Columbia Electric Railway Company's Fraser Valley Branch.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1907

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: John DeForest subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 17 x 12cm, mounted on board 27 x 22 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 293-006

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1992-30

Scope and Content: Photograph of the interior of the portable "railcar" substation at the British Columbia Electric Railway Company's Fraser Valley Branch.

Subjects: Buildings - Industrial - Powerhouses

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photographer's handwritten note (on the negative causing it to show) on recto of photograph reads: "Burnaby Substation/ B.C.E.R.C/O"

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Portable substation at the Fraser Valley branch, 1907 thumbnail

Powerhouse

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription831

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [189-?] (date of original), copied [196-?]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.6 x 9.6 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a powerhouse with tall smoke stacks, located beside railway tracks. Three trams can be seen on the right side of the photograph and men are standing outside of the building. According to an accompanying note, the powerhouse doubled as a steam plant and a car barn. Constructed in 1891,…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.6 x 9.6 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a powerhouse with tall smoke stacks, located beside railway tracks. Three trams can be seen on the right side of the photograph and men are standing outside of the building. According to an accompanying note, the powerhouse doubled as a steam plant and a car barn. Constructed in 1891, it was between Edmonds and Highland Park on the Central Park Interurban Line. The steam plant provided power to run the line, then operated by Westminster and Vancouver Tramway Company.

Subjects: Transportation - Electric Railroads

Names: Westminster and Vancouver Tramway Company

Accession Code: HV976.145.2

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [189-?] (date of original), copied [196-?]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Stride Avenue Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-06-27

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Powerhouse, [189-?] (date of original), copied [196-?] thumbnail

Railroad conductors

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35851

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1913] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of (left) No. 1 motorman Adam Taylor, and John William "Jack" Holmes. The streetcar travelled from Boundary Road to Ellesmere Avenue along Hastings Street.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1913] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-710

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of (left) No. 1 motorman Adam Taylor, and John William "Jack" Holmes. The streetcar travelled from Boundary Road to Ellesmere Avenue along Hastings Street.

Subjects: Occupations - Railroad Conductors; Transportation - Electric Railroads; Transportation - Public Transit; Clothing - Uniforms

Names: Holmes, John William "Jack"; Taylor, Adam

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Phillips, James William "Jim"

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Hastings Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Capitol Hill Area

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Railroad conductors, [1913] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Railway embankment

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1057

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1914]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 14.8 x 19.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a railway embankment. The railway is winding out of the picture frame with the road lined with electric posts running almost parallel to the rail tracks. An earlier catalogue record from 1988 notes that this is the view of the Great Northern Railway and cut along North Road just nort…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 14.8 x 19.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a railway embankment. The railway is winding out of the picture frame with the road lined with electric posts running almost parallel to the rail tracks. An earlier catalogue record from 1988 notes that this is the view of the Great Northern Railway and cut along North Road just north of the Brunette River, looking southeast toward Coquitlam from Burnaby.

Subjects: Transportation - Rail

Names: Great Northern Railway

Geographic Access: North Road

Accession Code: HV972.11.4

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1914]

Media Type: Photograph

Planning Study Area: Cariboo-Armstrong Area

Related Material: for another view of the same railway embankment, see HV972.11.2

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: 14/8/2006

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w contact print accompanying negative

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Railway embankment

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1914]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 14.8 x 20.1 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a railway embankment. In the foreground is the railway, and in the midground a steep bluff, on top of which an unidentified man in a suit and a bowler hat is standing. There appears to be a road lined with electric posts close to where the man stands. An earlier catalogue record from…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 14.8 x 20.1 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a railway embankment. In the foreground is the railway, and in the midground a steep bluff, on top of which an unidentified man in a suit and a bowler hat is standing. There appears to be a road lined with electric posts close to where the man stands. An earlier catalogue record from 1988 notes that this is the view of the Great Northern Railway just north of Brunette Creek on North Road. Also, it notes that the road running by the man is North Road.

Subjects: Transportation - Rail; Geographic Features - Roads

Names: Great Northern Railway

Geographic Access: North Road

Accession Code: HV972.11.2

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1914]

Media Type: Photograph

Planning Study Area: Cariboo-Armstrong Area

Related Material: for another view of the same railway embankment, see HV972.11.4

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: 14/8/2006

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w contact print accompanying negative

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Repairing Interurban 1223 at Kingsway and Edmonds

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37366

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1966]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 19 x 24 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of seven unidentified men standing on scaffolding next to the interurban tram car no. 1223.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1966]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 19 x 24 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 364-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of seven unidentified men standing on scaffolding next to the interurban tram car no. 1223.

Subjects: Transportation - Electric Railroads; Occupations - Labourers

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Kingsway; Edmonds Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Edmonds Area

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Repairing Interurban 1223 at Kingsway and Edmonds, [1966] thumbnail

Samuel Shepard

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36141

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [before 1932]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 15 x 10 cm + 1p.

Scope and Content: Photograph of Samuel Shepard, who moved to Burnaby in 1900 with his wife and from 1907 to 1931 he was the municipal clerk of Richmond. He also worked as a school teacher, and even as the Principal of the Craigflower school in Victoria.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [before 1932]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Public Library photograph subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 15 x 10 cm + 1p.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 228-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1989-22

Scope and Content: Photograph of Samuel Shepard, who moved to Burnaby in 1900 with his wife and from 1907 to 1931 he was the municipal clerk of Richmond. He also worked as a school teacher, and even as the Principal of the Craigflower school in Victoria.

Subjects: Occupations - Teachers

Names: Shepard, Samuel

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Page attached to verso of photograph gives a detailed account of his travel route on the Electric interurban tram to and from his job at the Municipal Hall

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Siemens Track Vehicle

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: October, 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 Siemens track vehicle stored in the old Dominion Bridge building at the corner of Boundary Road and Lougheed Highway. According to the photographer, this vehicle was bought by BC Hydro under the NDP government (1972-1975) to initiate rapid transit but it was never used partly beca…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: October, 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.: 556-275

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2013-13

Scope and Content: Photograph shows Siemens track vehicle stored in the old Dominion Bridge building at the corner of Boundary Road and Lougheed Highway. According to the photographer, this vehicle was bought by BC Hydro under the NDP government (1972-1975) to initiate rapid transit but it was never used partly because of the wrong gauge on existing rail lines.

Subjects: Transportation - Electric Railroads

Names: Dominion Bridge Company; British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Cook, Alan

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

Geographic Access: Henning Drive

Street Address: 3880 Henning Drive

Historic Neighbourhood: Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: West Central Valley Area

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Siemens Track Vehicle

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: October, 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 Siemens track vehicle stored in the old Dominion Bridge building at the corner of Boundary Road and Lougheed Highway.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: October, 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.: 556-276

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2013-13

Scope and Content: Photograph shows Siemens track vehicle stored in the old Dominion Bridge building at the corner of Boundary Road and Lougheed Highway.

Subjects: Transportation - Electric Railroads

Names: Dominion Bridge Company; British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Cook, Alan

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

Geographic Access: Henning Drive

Street Address: 3880 Henning Drive

Historic Neighbourhood: Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: West Central Valley Area

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Skytrain construction

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38097

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: November 27, 1983 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.3 x 3.2 cm print on contact sheet 21.5 x 26.8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of skytrain line construction at Jubilee Avenue and Imperial Street, the site of a former BC Electric Railway station.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: November 27, 1983 (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 ; 3.3 x 3.2 cm print on contact sheet 21.5 x 26.8 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-684

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of skytrain line construction at Jubilee Avenue and Imperial Street, the site of a former BC Electric Railway station.

Subjects: Industries - Construction

Names: South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority

Media Type: Photograph

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

Geographic Access: Jubilee Avenue; Imperial Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

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Skytrain construction, November 27, 1983 (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Sledding down the street

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1615

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [194-?] (date of original), copied 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 5.6 x 8.2 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a snow covered street, with a woman standing behind two children on a sled. The street is lined with electric power poles, and there is a parked car on the left of the photograph and houses on the right. The people and location are unidentified, but it is possible that the photograph …

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 5.6 x 8.2 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a snow covered street, with a woman standing behind two children on a sled. The street is lined with electric power poles, and there is a parked car on the left of the photograph and houses on the right. The people and location are unidentified, but it is possible that the photograph was taken in Burnaby.

Subjects: Natural Phenomena - Snow; Transportation - Sleds; Geographic Features - Roads

Accession Code: HV976.251.20

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [194-?] (date of original), copied 1976

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: 22/8/2006

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Sledding down the street, [194-?] (date of original), copied 1976 thumbnail

Streetcar snowplough

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37620

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1937 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.9 x 4.4 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a streetcar fitted with a snowplough at the corner of Gilmore Avenue and Hastings Street in the snow.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1937 (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 ; 2.9 x 4.4 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-208

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of a streetcar fitted with a snowplough at the corner of Gilmore Avenue and Hastings Street in the snow.

Subjects: Transportation - Electric Railroads; Transportation - Snowploughs; Geographic Features - Roads

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying

Geographic Access: Gilmore Avenue; Hastings Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

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Streetcar snowplough, 1937 (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Street Scene

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1948]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.8 x 11.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a row of house being built along a road lined with electric posts. Catalogue information from 1976 indicates that it is a street scene from Burnaby, possibly Kitchener Street and Gilmore Avenue, ca. 1948. Ths may be the site of the Willingdon Heights subdivision. Stamped on back of…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.8 x 11.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a row of house being built along a road lined with electric posts. Catalogue information from 1976 indicates that it is a street scene from Burnaby, possibly Kitchener Street and Gilmore Avenue, ca. 1948. Ths may be the site of the Willingdon Heights subdivision. Stamped on back of photo: "328X."

Subjects: Industries - Construction; Buildings - Residential - Houses

Names: Bingham, Alfred "Alf"

Geographic Access: Gilmore Avenue; Kitchener Street

Accession Code: HV971.12.86

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1948]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Willingdon Heights Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-03-21

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Thould's dinky store

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35149

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Grace (nee Dommet) and Lionel "Judge" Thould's "dinky" store at Highland Park Interurban station on the Central Park Interurban line.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-006

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Grace (nee Dommet) and Lionel "Judge" Thould's "dinky" store at Highland Park Interurban station on the Central Park Interurban line.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Stores; Buildings - Commercial - Train Stations; Transportation - Electric Railroads

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Buller Avenue; Central Park Interurban line; Beresford Street

Planning Study Area: Windsor Area

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Thould's dinky store, [1930] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Tom Pritchard on Interurban Car 1203

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 18 Nov. 1956

Collection/Fonds: George Bergson fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Interurban Car 1203 with motorman Tom Pritchard looking out the door at the rear of the car. The sign "Westminster" is displayed on the outside. The car is about to leave the New Westminster depot on it's way to Marpole station at 12:30 am on Sunday November 18, 1956. This was the…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: George Bergson fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Interurban Car 1203 with motorman Tom Pritchard looking out the door at the rear of the car. The sign "Westminster" is displayed on the outside. The car is about to leave the New Westminster depot on it's way to Marpole station at 12:30 am on Sunday November 18, 1956. This was the very last run that this interurban car made through Burnaby.

History: Photograph number two in a series of five photographs taken by George Bergson. Photographer, George Bergson and transportaion historian, Henry Ewert, were the last people to take this historic ride when train service ended.

Subjects: Transportation - Electric Railroads

Names: Pritchard, Thomas

Geographic Access: New Westminster

Accession Code: BV019.46.2

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 18 Nov. 1956

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 27-Sep-19

Photographer: Bergson, George

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on verso reads: "George Bergson photo / Henry Ewert collection / The last interurban tram to / run in Burnaby, car 1203, / about to leave New / Westminster for Marpole / at 12:30am on Sunday, / November 18, 1956. / Service ended with this run / Tom Pritichard - motorman / Lawrence Love was/ the conductor" / "2 of 5"