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The Oasis Suburban Café

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[192-]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 9.5 x 14 cm
Scope and Content
Photographic postcard of "'THE OASIS,' SUBURBAN CAFE" on Kingsway.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[192-]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Patterson family subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 9.5 x 14 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
326-001
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1996-11
Scope and Content
Photographic postcard of "'THE OASIS,' SUBURBAN CAFE" on Kingsway.
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts - Postcards
Buildings - Commercial - Restaurants
Names
Oasis
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Annotation on recto of postcard reads: "'THE OASIS, SUBURBAN CAFE / A place of Refinement and Good Food. - On the Highway between New Westminster and Vancouver"
Typed on verso of postcard reads: " Vancouver, B.C. / Dear ___________/ We just had Chicken Dinner at "The Oasis" Suburban Cafe, and I must say it was a real treat, everything was so tasty. If ever you motor up to Vancouver be sure and stop there. It is right on the Pacific Highway at 2675 Kingsway East, about three miles from New Westminster, and 20 minutes run from the Hotel Vancouver."
Geographic Access
Kingsway
Street Address
6105 Kingsway
Planning Study Area
Windsor Area
Images
Less detail

Wrecked rail cars

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[May 1913]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.1 x 13.9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of several wrecked rail cars abandoned on the side of a railway. There is gravel, rocks and dirt in the foreground, beside the railway tracks and a forested area in the background. An annotation on the back of the photograph reads: "Wrecked cares - Dump #4 / G.N. reclamation work / Vanco…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.1 x 13.9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of several wrecked rail cars abandoned on the side of a railway. There is gravel, rocks and dirt in the foreground, beside the railway tracks and a forested area in the background. An annotation on the back of the photograph reads: "Wrecked cares - Dump #4 / G.N. reclamation work / Vancouver, B.C. / May - 1913." The accession register speculates that the photograph may be of an accident on the Great Northern line at Sperling.
Subjects
Accidents - Train Accidents
Transportation - Rail
Names
Great Northern Railway
Geographic Access
Vancouver
Accession Code
HV979.54.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[May 1913]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-09-12
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail