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Jubilee station

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1952] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.0 x 4.5 cm print on contact sheet 21.5 x 26.8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Jubilee Station of the British Columbia Electric Railway Company on the Central Park Interurban line. A woman can be seen on the left.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1952] (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 ; 3.0 x 4.5 cm print on contact sheet 21.5 x 26.8 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-682

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Jubilee Station of the British Columbia Electric Railway Company on the Central Park Interurban line. A woman can be seen on the left.

Subjects: Transportation - Electric Railroads; Transportation - Public Transit

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Media Type: Photograph

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

Geographic Access: Central Park Interurban line

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Images

Jubilee station, [1952] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Railroad conductors

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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

Images

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

Streetcar

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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 the extension from Boundary Road to Ellesmere Avenue on the BC Electric Railway Co. streetcar line. It operated on a single track and was inaugurated in 1913.

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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.: 204-301

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the extension from Boundary Road to Ellesmere Avenue on the BC Electric Railway Co. streetcar line. It operated on a single track and was inaugurated in 1913.

Subjects: Transportation - Public Transit; Transportation - Electric Railroads

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Eaton, Dr. Carl

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Capitol Hill Area

Images

Streetcar, 1913 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Streetcar snowplough

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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.

1 image

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)

Images

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

Tram 1004

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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 4.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.3 x 26.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of tram no. 1004 coming into MacGregor station en route to Central Park on the Central Park Interurban line.

1 image

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 4.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.3 x 26.4 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-412

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of tram no. 1004 coming into MacGregor station en route to Central Park on the Central Park Interurban line.

Subjects: Transportation - Electric Railroads; Transportation - Public Transit

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Media Type: Photograph

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

Geographic Access: Central Park Interurban line

Images

Tram 1004, 1944 (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Tram 1223

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [195-] (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.1 x 12.0 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Central Park Interurban line, tram no. 1223.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [195-] (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 ; 8.1 x 12.0 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 315-507

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1994-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of Central Park Interurban line, tram no. 1223.

Subjects: Transportation - Electric Railroads; Transportation - Public Transit

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Central Park Interurban line

Images

Tram 1223, [195-] (date of original), copied 1992 thumbnail

Tram 1223 at the Edmonds Bus Loop

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: July 15, 1966

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; negative ; 4.6 x 4.6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Edmonds Bus Loop at Edmonds Street and Kingsway with Interurban tram no. 1223 (Central Park Line) on display under a covered area to the left. The side of a bus visible on the right. There is a bus stop sign for the 52 Nelson.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: July 15, 1966

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; negative ; 4.6 x 4.6 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 066-003

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Edmonds Bus Loop at Edmonds Street and Kingsway with Interurban tram no. 1223 (Central Park Line) on display under a covered area to the left. The side of a bus visible on the right. There is a bus stop sign for the 52 Nelson.

Subjects: Transportation - Public Transit; Transportation - Electric Railroads

Media Type: Photograph

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

Geographic Access: Kingsway; Edmonds Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Stride Avenue Area

Images

Tram 1223 at the Edmonds Bus Loop, July 15, 1966 thumbnail

Tram 1223 parked at Edmonds Loop

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1955]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.5 x 19 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of British Columbia Electric Railway Company tram 1223 parked at Edmonds Loop. The no. 52 Nelson bus stop is visible on the right-hand side.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1955]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Columbian Newspaper subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.5 x 19 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 222-021

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1989-19

Scope and Content: Photograph of British Columbia Electric Railway Company tram 1223 parked at Edmonds Loop. The no. 52 Nelson bus stop is visible on the right-hand side.

Subjects: Transportation - Electric Railroads; Transportation - Public Transit

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Tram 1223 parked at Edmonds Loop, [1955] thumbnail

Tram 1309

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1912] (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 the exterior of British Columbia Electric Railway (BCER) line Tram no. 1309.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1912] (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.: 204-620

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the exterior of British Columbia Electric Railway (BCER) line Tram no. 1309.

Subjects: Transportation - Electric Railroads; Transportation - Public Transit

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Tram 1309, [1912] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

2238 South Gilmore Ave

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1995

Collection/Fonds: Grover, Elliott & Co. Ltd. fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 36 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photographs of a truck trailor parking lot located at 2238 Gilmore Avenue (an address that no longer exists) and the surrounding industrial area of Gilmore Avenue and Henning Drive. File also includes photographs of the Gilmore Avenue railroad crossing one block north of Still Creek Avenue.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1995

Collection/Fonds: Grover, Elliott & Co. Ltd. fonds

Physical Description: 36 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm

Description Level: File

Record No.: 622-114

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2017-39

Scope and Content: Photographs of a truck trailor parking lot located at 2238 Gilmore Avenue (an address that no longer exists) and the surrounding industrial area of Gilmore Avenue and Henning Drive. File also includes photographs of the Gilmore Avenue railroad crossing one block north of Still Creek Avenue.

Subjects: Transportation - Electric Railroads; Industries - Trucking; Geographic Features - Roads

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Transcribed title; Title transcribed from envelope photographs were originally housed in; File no. 95-027-B

Geographic Access: Gilmore Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: West Central Valley Area

Alvin Burtch

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1943 and 1953]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 21.4 x 16.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Alvin Burtch in his BCER uniform.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1943 and 1953]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Alvin Burtch subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 21.4 x 16.4 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 493-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1993-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Alvin Burtch in his BCER uniform.

Subjects: Transportation - Electric Railroads

Names: Burtch, Alvin

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on accompanying cardboard identifies donors and Burtch.

Images

Alvin Burtch, [between 1943 and 1953] thumbnail

Boundary Road and Hastings Street Intersection

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1943 or 1944] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.2 x 5.3 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the intersection of Boundary Road and Hastings Street facing east from the southwest corner. A streetcar has a sign advertising Victory Bonds.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1943 or 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 ; 3.2 x 5.3 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-229

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the intersection of Boundary Road and Hastings Street facing east from the southwest corner. A streetcar has a sign advertising Victory Bonds.

Subjects: Transportation - Electric Railroads; Geographic Features - Roads

Media Type: Photograph

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

Geographic Access: Boundary Road; Hastings Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area; Willingdon Heights Area

Images

Boundary Road and Hastings Street Intersection, [1943 or 1944] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Boundary Road and Park Avenue station

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912 (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.1 x 14.9 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Boundary Road, Park Avenue Interurban station, and the surrounding area, looking north from Kingsway. The Coburn house, built in 1906, is at the top of the hill on the right, current address 5170 Boundary Road.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912 (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 ; 10.1 x 14.9 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 315-025

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1994-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of Boundary Road, Park Avenue Interurban station, and the surrounding area, looking north from Kingsway. The Coburn house, built in 1906, is at the top of the hill on the right, current address 5170 Boundary Road.

Subjects: Transportation - Electric Railroads; Geographic Features - Roads

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Annotation at bottom of photograph reads; "Boundary Rd and Park Ave Station"

Geographic Access: Boundary Road; Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Garden Village Area

Images

Boundary Road and Park Avenue station, 1912 (date of original), copied 1992 thumbnail

British Columbia Electric Railway Company line car

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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 the L.6BCER, a British Columbia Electric Railway line car, used to repair overhead power lines along interurban tracks. Photographed near Jubilee Station, between Imperial and Nelson.

1 image

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.: 204-373

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the L.6BCER, a British Columbia Electric Railway line car, used to repair overhead power lines along interurban tracks. Photographed near Jubilee Station, between Imperial and Nelson.

Subjects: Transportation - Electric Railroads; Maintenance Tools and Equipment; Occupations - Railroad Labourers

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Central Park Interurban line

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Images

British Columbia Electric Railway Company line car, [1930] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Burnaby Lake Interurban

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [before 1954]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Burnaby Lake Interurban in the snow. The house in the background is 2231 Fareham Street, a short street that ran behind Elwell and the tram tracks about midway between the Cumberland Road and Hill Street Stations. This rail line route is now the route of Highway 1 through Burnaby.…

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [before 1954]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 328-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1996-14

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Burnaby Lake Interurban in the snow. The house in the background is 2231 Fareham Street, a short street that ran behind Elwell and the tram tracks about midway between the Cumberland Road and Hill Street Stations. This rail line route is now the route of Highway 1 through Burnaby. The uppermost window in the house was the donor's bedroom.