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Mary Davis and her mother Edith Finney

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[between 1950 and 1960]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Mary Davis and her mother Edith Finney walking hand and hand down a busy commercial street.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Mary Davis and her mother Edith Finney walking hand and hand down a busy commercial street.
History
Mary Davis was born February 3, 1910 in Stafford, England to Sam and Edith Finney and came to Canada as a child. Her family settled in Saskatchewan. She married her first husband, Clifford Reynolds Hamilton in 1940 in Rossland BC and was subsequently divorced in 1949 in Vancouver BC. She moved to Burnaby somtime between 1940 and the mid-1950's. Mary owned Davis Confectionary with her second husband (presumably named Davis) at the corner of Beresford and MacPherson. The store acted as a grocery store and also a drug store. Mary and her husband owned the store in the 1950's /1960's. Mary passed away in 2001, and had no children. Photograph was taken by famous Vancouver street photographer Foncie Pulice. Foncie began working as a street photographer in 1934 and retired in 1979. Foncie died in 2003.
Names
Finney, Edith
Davis, Mary
Geographic Access
Vancouver
Accession Code
BV017.50.4
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[between 1950 and 1960]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
12-Jun-2018
Photographer
Pulice, Foncie
Notes
Title base on contents of photograph
Stamped on verso: "FONCIE'S FOTOS/ 505 GRANVILLE ST./ VANCOUVER, B.C."
Images
Less detail

Pond in Butchart Gardens

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription273
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[192-?]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 7.0 x 11.6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a man-made pond. The pond is made of cement railings and there are cemented pathways around it. There are flowers planted in flower beds built around the pond. In the pond, there are lily pads floating. Behind the pond is a building. The accession register identifies the photograp…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 7.0 x 11.6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a man-made pond. The pond is made of cement railings and there are cemented pathways around it. There are flowers planted in flower beds built around the pond. In the pond, there are lily pads floating. Behind the pond is a building. The accession register identifies the photograph as depicting a pond in Butchart Gardens in Victoria, BC. Stamped on the back of the photo: "Better Pictures / NuGloss / Photo Finish / Vancouver Drug Co." and "525."
Subjects
Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds
Names
Butchart Gardens
Geographic Access
Victoria
Accession Code
HV984.51.57
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[192-?]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-11-07
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Woman in Butchart Gardens

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription274
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[192-?]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 7.0 x 11.6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a woman in a hat standing in a large garden. The accession register identifies the location as Butchart Gardens in Victoria, BC. Stamped on the back of the photograph: "Better Pictures / NuGloss / Photo Finish / Vancouver Drug Co." and "858."
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 7.0 x 11.6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a woman in a hat standing in a large garden. The accession register identifies the location as Butchart Gardens in Victoria, BC. Stamped on the back of the photograph: "Better Pictures / NuGloss / Photo Finish / Vancouver Drug Co." and "858."
Subjects
Geographic Features - Gardens
Names
Butchart Gardens
Geographic Access
Victoria
Accession Code
HV984.51.58
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[192-?]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-11-07
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail