"California" found 53 records

Large palm tree outside building

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1936] (date of original), copied 1996

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a large palm tree on a boulevard in front of a large white building somewhere in California. Photograph was taken while Dora and Jimmy Robertson traveled to the United States to assist in bringing the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel to Happyland in Vancouver after it was purchased.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel series

Subseries: Carousel photographs subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a large palm tree on a boulevard in front of a large white building somewhere in California. Photograph was taken while Dora and Jimmy Robertson traveled to the United States to assist in bringing the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel to Happyland in Vancouver after it was purchased.

Subjects: Plants - Trees

Accession Code: BV022.2.38

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1936] (date of original), copied 1996

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 2400

Scan Date: 2021-08-17

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph from Roll P96-3, negative #11; Photograph copied from Robertson family album

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Parker Carousel at Alum Rock Park

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1922] (date of original), copied [1993]

Collection/Fonds: Fred K. Leggett family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 15.5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a four row Parker Carousel "Carry Us All" in Alum Rock Park in San Jose, California. The incomplete calliaphone (air blown instrument similar to a calliope) is visible on the left.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Fred K. Leggett family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 15.5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a four row Parker Carousel "Carry Us All" in Alum Rock Park in San Jose, California. The incomplete calliaphone (air blown instrument similar to a calliope) is visible on the left.

Subjects: Recreational Devices - Carousels

Names: C.W. Parker no. 119 Carousel

Accession Code: BV993.18.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1922] (date of original), copied [1993]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-04-16

Photographer: Johnson

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on verso of photograph reads: "4 ROW PARKER PARK CARRY US ALL/ UNDER ASSEMBLY (?) AT ALUM ROCK/ NOTE INCOMPLETE CALLIAPHONE ON LEFT."; Photographer identifies himself / location as: "JOHNSON/ SAN JOSE"; 1 b&w; 35 mm copy negative accompanying

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Parker Carousel at Alum Rock Park

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1922] (date of original), copied [1993]

Collection/Fonds: Fred K. Leggett family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 15.5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a four row Parker Carousel "Carry Us All" in Alum Rock Park in San Jose, California. The bottom ring of the carousel has phrases written on it such as, "3 RIDES 25 c", "ONLY ONE ADULT ALLOWED ON A HORSE", "CATCH GOLD RINGS AND GET A FREE RIDE", "15 RIDES 1.00" and "DON'T CARRY RINGS A…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Fred K. Leggett family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 15.5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a four row Parker Carousel "Carry Us All" in Alum Rock Park in San Jose, California. The bottom ring of the carousel has phrases written on it such as, "3 RIDES 25 c", "ONLY ONE ADULT ALLOWED ON A HORSE", "CATCH GOLD RINGS AND GET A FREE RIDE", "15 RIDES 1.00" and "DON'T CARRY RINGS AWAY."

Subjects: Recreational Devices - Carousels

Names: C.W. Parker no. 119 Carousel

Accession Code: BV993.18.2

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1922] (date of original), copied [1993]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-04-16

Photographer: Johnson

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photographer identifies himself / location as: "JOHNSON/ SAN JOSE"; 1 b&w; 35 mm copy negative accompanying

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Parker Carousel at Alum Rock Park

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1169

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1922] (date of original), copied [1993]

Collection/Fonds: Fred K. Leggett family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 15.5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a four row Parker Carousel "Carry Us All" in Alum Rock Park in San Jose, California. The Tangley calliaphone (air blown instrument similar to a calliope) is visible on the left. The carousel operator was V. L. Taplin (not pictured).

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Fred K. Leggett family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 15.5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a four row Parker Carousel "Carry Us All" in Alum Rock Park in San Jose, California. The Tangley calliaphone (air blown instrument similar to a calliope) is visible on the left. The carousel operator was V. L. Taplin (not pictured).

Subjects: Recreational Devices - Carousels; Musical Instruments

Names: C.W. Parker no. 119 Carousel

Accession Code: BV993.18.3

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1922] (date of original), copied [1993]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-04-16

Photographer: Johnson

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photographer identifies himself / location as: "-JOHNSON-/ PHOTO/ SAN JOSE" and adds "PARKER CARRY US ALL USING TANGLEY CALLIOPE/ OPERATED BY V. L. TAPLIN, ALUM ROCK PARK, SAN JOSE, CAL."; 1 b&w; 35 mm copy negative accompanying

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Sample family

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35423

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1910 (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 (from left) Roderick Sample, Minnie Sample, Genevieve Sample (the Sample's granddaughter), and an unidentified woman in Long Beach, California. Roderick Sample was a prominent figure in the early history of Burnaby, acting as road foreman during the construction of the Central Park in…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1910 (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.: 204-281

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of (from left) Roderick Sample, Minnie Sample, Genevieve Sample (the Sample's granddaughter), and an unidentified woman in Long Beach, California. Roderick Sample was a prominent figure in the early history of Burnaby, acting as road foreman during the construction of the Central Park interurban and building a 15-room boarding house beside the Westminster & Vancouver Tramway Co.'s steam powerhouse on Griffiths Avenue near Kingsway. The Sample's Boarding House was a well-known social and business centre during Burnaby's earliest days.

Names: Sample, Genevieve; Sample, Elizabeth "Minnie"; Sample, Roderick "Rodney"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Sample family, 1910 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Shell Oil Company

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35633

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1917 (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 first oil tanker, the Lyman Stewart, to deliver gasoline to the Shell dock at Barnet, as it turns towards pier. The delivery came from California. The smoke in the background is from the huge Dollarton Sawmill on north shore of Burrard Inlet. The Shell installation was later rel…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1917 (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.: 204-491

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the first oil tanker, the Lyman Stewart, to deliver gasoline to the Shell dock at Barnet, as it turns towards pier. The delivery came from California. The smoke in the background is from the huge Dollarton Sawmill on north shore of Burrard Inlet. The Shell installation was later relocated to the foot of Kensington Avenue.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Inlets; Buildings - Industrial - Refineries

Names: Shell Oil Company

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Barnet Road

Street Address: 7790 Barnet Road

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

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Shell Oil Company, 1917 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Simon Gezos, Holly Kennedy and Stephanie Simmons

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription80531

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: July 6, 1997

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.5 x 22 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Simon Gezos, Holly Kennedy and Stephanie Simmons rehearsing for the play “California Suite”.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: July 6, 1997

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.5 x 22 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-0809

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2012-11

Scope and Content: Photograph of Simon Gezos, Holly Kennedy and Stephanie Simmons rehearsing for the play “California Suite”.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Theatre

Names: Gezos, Simon; Kennedy, Holly; Simmons, Stephanie

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "NW 1528 Mario / Bby p. 8 58%"; Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)

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Simon Gezos, Holly Kennedy and Stephanie Simmons, July 6, 1997 thumbnail

Standard Oil Stanovan Refinery

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34566

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1958

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 27.8 x 35.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Standard Oil Company Stanovan Refinery process area, Burrard Inlet. The area is lit up at night. Photograph of the Standard Oil Refinery at night. After the government broke up Standard Oil in 1911, its West Coast operations became the Standard Oil of California (SoCal), owning t…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1958

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 27.8 x 35.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 052-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Standard Oil Company Stanovan Refinery process area, Burrard Inlet. The area is lit up at night. Photograph of the Standard Oil Refinery at night. After the government broke up Standard Oil in 1911, its West Coast operations became the Standard Oil of California (SoCal), owning the Standard Oil Company of British Columbia Ltd, and adopting the name Chevron in the 1970's.

Subjects: Buildings - Industrial - Refineries

Names: Standard Oil Company of British Columbia Limited; Chevron Corporation

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Industrial Photographers

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Eton Street

Street Address: 4403 Eton Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

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Standard Oil Stanovan Refinery, 1958 thumbnail

Standing beside the bus

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1926 and 1930]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 13 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified man standing beside the rear end of a bus. The man is in his shirt sleeves with his tie tucked in his shirt front but wearing a hat. He is holding a small hacksaw and a pipe. In the background is an awning with the word “HOTEL”. The awning is similar to the awnings sho…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 13 x 8 cm

Material Details: Photograph has faded due to age

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified man standing beside the rear end of a bus. The man is in his shirt sleeves with his tie tucked in his shirt front but wearing a hat. He is holding a small hacksaw and a pipe. In the background is an awning with the word “HOTEL”. The awning is similar to the awnings shown in The bus has the word "Pacific Sta __ / LTD" visible in the rear window (Pacific Stage Lines, owned by B.C. Electric Company, consolidated bus service in the Fraser Valley from July 1, 1926). This bus is a model built by the Fogel Bros, California and used by other transportation companies also owned by B.C. Electric.

Subjects: Transportation - Buses

Accession Code: HV975.33.3av

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1926 and 1930]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2/2/2010

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Image from personal photograph album of Tom Irvine (Tommy Irvine).; For related images see: HV975.33.3ad; HV975.33.3ay and HV975.33.3ao

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Standing beside the bus, [between 1926 and 1930] thumbnail

Stewart School of Irish Dance's annual Feis

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96949

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2001]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of Sarah Smith and her mother, Deborah, preparing to compete in the Stewart School of Irish Dance's 21st annual Feis at Bonsor Community Centre.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2001]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-2504

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Sarah Smith and her mother, Deborah, preparing to compete in the Stewart School of Irish Dance's 21st annual Feis at Bonsor Community Centre.

Subjects: Clothing - Costumes; Recreational Activities - Dancing; Events - Competitions

Names: Bonsor Recreation Complex

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a June 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Sarah Smith, 12, gets a last-minute trim to her curls from her mother, Deborah, prior to competing at the Stewart School of Irish Dance's 21st annual Feis, at Bonsor Rec Centre. More than 700 dancers, from as far away as California and Winnipeg competed in solo and group dances."

Geographic Access: Bonsor Avenue

Street Address: 6550 Bonsor Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Marlborough Area

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Stewart School of Irish Dance's annual Feis, [2001] thumbnail

Wally and friends at Verdugo Hills

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1935]

Collection/Fonds: Westerman family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.2 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of (left to right) Bob Peterson, Walter "Wally" Westerman, Gordon Jones and "Doc" Kersulis at the peak of Verdugo Hills, California.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Westerman family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.2 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of (left to right) Bob Peterson, Walter "Wally" Westerman, Gordon Jones and "Doc" Kersulis at the peak of Verdugo Hills, California.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Mountains

Names: Westerman, Walter "Wally"; Jones, Gordon; Kersulis, "Doc"; Peterson, Bob

Accession Code: BV020.17.11

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1935]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 22-Sep-2020

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "LEFT TO RIGHT / BOB PETERSON / (SELF) / GORDON JONES / "DOC" KERSULIS / AT PEAK VERDUGO HILLS"

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Wally and friends at Verdugo Hills, [1935] thumbnail

Wally and friends outside of main entrance to Aero I.T.I.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1935 and 1939]

Collection/Fonds: Westerman family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.2 x 7.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Walter "Wally" Westerman (far left) standing next to friends Bob Foley (middle) and Jim Hajek outside of the visitor's main entrance to "Aero I.T.I." (Aero Industries Technical Institute) Los Angeles, California.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Westerman family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.2 x 7.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Walter "Wally" Westerman (far left) standing next to friends Bob Foley (middle) and Jim Hajek outside of the visitor's main entrance to "Aero I.T.I." (Aero Industries Technical Institute) Los Angeles, California.

Subjects: Transportation - Air

Names: Westerman, Walter "Wally"; Foley, Robert "Bob"; Hajek, Jim

Accession Code: BV020.17.5

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1935 and 1939]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 22-Sep-2020

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on verso of photograph reads: "MAIN ENTRANCE / AERO I.T.I / LEFT TO RIGHT / (SELF) / BOB FOLEY / JIM HAJEK"

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Wally and friends outside of main entrance to Aero I.T.I., [between 1935 and 1939] thumbnail

Waterfront Looking west from George Black's

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1890-1915

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm ; copy print

Scope and Content: Waterfront scene with land on left and water on right. Wooden dock/jetty in foreground. From left to right along the shore there are people wading, a maple tree, a slaughterhouse, a cattle yard, boating bathers, fishing. Trees and houses in background.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm ; copy print

Material Details: "Looking west from George Black's. Wading. Maple Tree. Marine ways. Saughterhouse. Cattleyard. Boating Bathers. Fishing. […]" written in black ink on bottom front of photograph. "Columbian files 1971" written on verso in black pen. "996" stamped on back.

Scope and Content: Waterfront scene with land on left and water on right. Wooden dock/jetty in foreground. From left to right along the shore there are people wading, a maple tree, a slaughterhouse, a cattle yard, boating bathers, fishing. Trees and houses in background.

History: Part of a set of photographs from the Columbian Newspaper, which operated out of New Westminster under this name starting in 1900 until its dissolution in 1988. Photographs found in the collection of the Burnaby Village are dated 1971. George Black (1831-1896). He was born in Aberdeen Scotland, and went to California, then to the Cariboo during the gold rush. He eventually settled on Hastings Street, and was well known in the surroundings of Vancouver.

Other Title Information: title based on content and note on front of photograph

Names: Black, George

Accession Code: BV018.19.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 1890-1915

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 24-04-2018

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Simon Gezos, Holly Kennedy and Stephanie Simmons

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Standard Oil Stanovan Refinery

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Standing beside the bus

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Stewart School of Irish Dance's annual Feis

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Wally and friends at Verdugo Hills

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Wally and friends outside of main entrance to Aero I.T.I.

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Waterfront Looking west from George Black's

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