newsletter
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact35100
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV993.31.1
- Description
- B.C.E. Family Post - Newsletter -- [1953]. Twice monthly newsletter published by British Columbia Electric Railway Company. The newsletter was "devoted to the interests of the employees and the entire Company". This issue of B.C.E. Family Post is Volume 37, Number 21 for November 5th, 1953 in Vancouver, B.C. The front cover stories are "Youngsters Salute Burnaby Lake Line As Service Ends" and "They Made Quiz Shows Pay". The main photograph on the cover features "Grandad Al Burtch" and his five grandsons on the last day of the Burnaby Lake Line. The newsletter measures 22cm x 28.5cm.
- Colour
- White
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Vancouver
- Title
- B.C.E. Family Post
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Newsletters
- Transportation
- Transportation - Electric Railroads
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake
Images
postcard
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact84670
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV007.43.3
- Description
- [Duke of Connaught] - Postcard -- [1912]. Postcard with a black and white photograph of the arrival of the Duke of Connaught, then Governor General of Canada. The image was taken at Edmonds and Kingsway with a welcome arch and a banner reading "Burnaby Welcomes You". In the image there is the interurban tram and Edmonds station in the background, surrounded by many onlookers. Verso of postcard includes stamp at top reading: "CANADIAN SOUVENIR POST CARD"; divided into two sections "THIS SPACE FOR CORRESPONDENCE" / "THIS SPACE FOR ADDRESS ONLY"; includes marking to place postage stamp "POSTAGE / ONE CENT / FOR / CANADA / AND U.S. / TWO CENTS / FOR / ABROAD". Annotation in pencil on verso of postcard reads: "Sept 21 / 1912 / Duke of Connaught / at Edmonds and / Kingsway"
- Object History
- Souvenir photograph postcard documents the Duke of Connaught's visit to Burnaby in 1912.
- Classification
- Written Communication T&E - - Writing Media
- Object Term
- Postcard
- Colour
- Black
- White
- Measurements
- w: 14 cm h: 9 cm
- Geographic Access
- Edmonds Street
- Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Richmond Park Area