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H.T. Ceperley Estate 'Fairacres' Greenhouse Foundation Wall

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Description: The original rubble stone walls that formed the foundation for a greenhouses adjacent to the Steam Plant Building provided heat to several greenhouses on the estate propoerty. The Root House, which is to the north of the Greenhouse Foundation Wall, provided storage for the farm operation.

Associated Dates: 1908

Formal Recognition: Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Avenue

Associated Dates: 1908

Formal Recognition: Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

Enactment Type: Bylaw No. 140665

Enactment Date: 23/11/1992

Description: The original rubble stone walls that formed the foundation for a greenhouses adjacent to the Steam Plant Building provided heat to several greenhouses on the estate propoerty. The Root House, which is to the north of the Greenhouse Foundation Wall, provided storage for the farm operation.

Heritage Value: The outbuildings at 'Fairacres' are a rare surviving architecturally-designed ensemble of agricultural structures that exist in complementary harmony with the main estate house. Architect Robert Mackay Fripp (1858-1917), an outspoken advocate of Arts and Crafts design, was retained by the Ceperleys to design several original outbuildings on their estate, which was designed as a country estate with a working farm that included over 10 acres of productive berry and vegetable fields, with a large kitchen garden, a root house to store food, an orchard, and greenhouses heated by steam. The agricultural potential of the Deer Lake area made it one of the first parts of the municipality to attract settlement. In 1909, the Ceperleys built three large greenhouses heated by an adjacent steam plant (Fairacres Steam Plant). The greenhouses featured granite foundation walls, including this one which remains intact. The Ceperleys employed a large staff to manage the estate's agricultural production, including Chinese farm labourers. Produce was grown for use at the estate, and for sale at local markets. Agricultural use of the estate continued when a Catholic order of Benedictine monks purchased the estate as part of the Priory of St. Joseph and the Seminary of Christ the King, and continued to farm the land until 1953.

Defining Elements: Key elements that define the heritage character of the ‘Fairacres’ Steam Plant Building include its: - overall spatial arrangement of the Greenhouse Foundation Wall in relation to the Steam Plant Building and the Root House - original rubble stone walls reflecting the Arts and Crafts design aesthetic of the estate buildings.

Locality: Deer Lake Park

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

Architect: Robert Mackay Fripp

Function: Primary Historic--Outbuilding

Community: Burnaby

Cadastral Identifier: P.I.D. No. 004-493-311 Legal Description: Block 3 Except: Part subdivided by Plan 26865, District Lot 79, Group 1, New Westminster District, Plan 536

Boundaries: ‘Fairacres’ is comprised of a single municipally-owned property located at 6344 Deer Lake Avenue, Burnaby.

Area: 17,065.00

Contributing Resource: Landscape Feature; Remains

Ownership: Public (local)

Other Collection: Burnaby Historical Society, Community Archives: Ceperley Photograph Album

Documentation: Heritage Site Files: PC77000 20. City of Burnaby Planning and Building Department, 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, B.C., V5G 1M2

Names: Ceperley, Grace; Ceperley, H.T.; Fripp, Robert Mackay

Subjects: Buildings - Agricultural; Building Components; Buildings - Agricultural - Greenhouses

Street Address: 6344 Deer Lake Avenue

Images

July 2019 greenhouse foundation wall. Greenhouse foundation wall, 2019. thumbnail

Exterior view of greenhouses on the Ceperley Estate, 1914. thumbnail

H.T. Ceperley Estate 'Fairacres' Steam Plant Building

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Description: Designed in the British Arts and Crafts style, the ‘Fairacres’ Steam Plant Buiding is a single-storey wood frame building with a gabled roof that originally housed the apparatus for climate control in the greenhouses, formerly located to its north. The original rubble stone walls that formed the fo…

Associated Dates: 1908

Formal Recognition: Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Avenue

Associated Dates: 1908

Formal Recognition: Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

Enactment Type: Bylaw No. 9807

Enactment Date: 23/11/1992

Description: Designed in the British Arts and Crafts style, the ‘Fairacres’ Steam Plant Buiding is a single-storey wood frame building with a gabled roof that originally housed the apparatus for climate control in the greenhouses, formerly located to its north. The original rubble stone walls that formed the foundation for the greenhouses stand adjacent. The Steam Plant Building stands as a pendant to the Root House, which is to the north of the former greenhouses.

Heritage Value: The outbuildings at 'Fairacres' are a rare surviving architecturally-designed ensemble of agricultural structures that exist in complementary harmony with the main estate house. Architect Robert Mackay Fripp (1858-1917), an outspoken advocate of Arts and Crafts design, was retained by the Ceperleys to design several original outbuildings on their estate. The Ceperleys operated 'Fairacres' with staff, a farm manager and workers, including Chinese, to grow produce for themselves and for sale at local markets. The Steam Plant Building illustrates the market gardening activity of the area around Deer Lake and its importance to the Ceperley family, which valued a year-round supply of fresh fruit and vegetables for the kitchen and flowers for the house. It also illustrates the cultural and aesthetic values of the Ceperleys in retaining an architect to design a functional outbuilding using an accepted and contemporary architectural style. Built in 1908, the Steam Plant Building was significantly altered in the 1960s and restored to its original design in 2000.

Defining Elements: Key elements that define the heritage character of the ‘Fairacres’ Steam Plant Building include its: - overall spatial arrangement of the Steam Plant Building in relation to the former greenhouses and the Root House - side gable roof with cedar shingle cladding. - tall brick chimney indicitive of the building's original function. - distinctive Arts and Crafts architectural features such as the shingle wall cladding with decorative shingling under window sills, deep eaves, and pebble-dashed concrete foundation walls - six-paned wooden-sash casement windows - simple functional interior features - rubble stone walls that formed the foundation for the greenhouses

Locality: Deer Lake Park

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

Architect: Robert Mackay Fripp

Function: Primary Historic--Outbuilding

Community: Burnaby

Cadastral Identifier: P.I.D. No. 004-493-311 Legal Description: Block 3 Except: Part subdivided by Plan 26865, District Lot 79, Group 1, New Westminster District, Plan 536

Boundaries: ‘Fairacres’ is comprised of a single municipally-owned property located at 6344 Deer Lake Avenue, Burnaby.

Area: 17,065.00

Contributing Resource: Building; Landscape Feature

Ownership: Public (local)

Other Collection: Burnaby Historical Society, Community Archives: Ceperley Photograph Album

Documentation: Heritage Site Files: PC77000 20. City of Burnaby Planning and Building Department, 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, B.C., V5G 1M2

Names: Ceperley, Grace; Ceperley, H.T.; Fripp, Robert Mackay

Subjects: Buildings - Heritage; Buildings - Agricultural - Greenhouses; Buildings - Agricultural

Street Address: 6344 Deer Lake Avenue

Images

Exterior view of the ‘Fairacres’ Steam Plant Building, 2013. Oblique view. thumbnail

Boy Scouts Centennial Outdoor Show poster

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: May 1971

Collection/Fonds: Donald Copan collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of poster for "Boy Scouts of Canada Burnaby Region Centennial Outdoor Show" at Century Gardens.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Donald Copan collection

Series: Copan album series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of poster for "Boy Scouts of Canada Burnaby Region Centennial Outdoor Show" at Century Gardens.

Subjects: Organizations - Boys' Societies and Clubs; Advertising Medium - Poster; Celebrations - Centennials

Names: Boy Scouts of Canada

Accession Code: BV005.54.234

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: May 1971

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: July 21, 2020

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Boy Scouts Centennial Outdoor Show poster, May 1971 thumbnail

Burnaby Centennial '71 information booth and display

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1971

Collection/Fonds: Donald Copan collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 8.9 x 8.9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby Centennial '71 information booth and display.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Donald Copan collection

Series: Copan album series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 8.9 x 8.9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby Centennial '71 information booth and display.

Subjects: Celebrations - Centennials; Advertising Medium - Poster; Advertising Medium - Flyer; Souvenirs

Accession Code: BV005.54.275

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 1971

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: July 23, 2020

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Burnaby Centennial '71 information booth and display

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1971

Collection/Fonds: Donald Copan collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 8.9 x 8.9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby Centennial '71 information booth and display.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Donald Copan collection

Series: Copan album series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 8.9 x 8.9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby Centennial '71 information booth and display.

Subjects: Celebrations - Centennials; Advertising Medium - Poster; Advertising Medium - Flyer; Souvenirs

Accession Code: BV005.54.277

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 1971

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: July 23, 2020

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Burnaby Centennial '71 information booth and display

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1971

Collection/Fonds: Donald Copan collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 8.9 x 8.9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby Centennial '71 information booth and display.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Donald Copan collection

Series: Copan album series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 8.9 x 8.9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby Centennial '71 information booth and display.

Subjects: Celebrations - Centennials; Advertising Medium - Poster; Advertising Medium - Flyer; Souvenirs

Accession Code: BV005.54.278

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 1971

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: July 23, 2020

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Burnaby Orchids Greenhouse

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1950] (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 10.7 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a Burnaby Orchids greenhouse, possibly the one at 2803 Patterson Avenue.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1950] (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 ; 7.5 x 10.7 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 315-069

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1994-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of a Burnaby Orchids greenhouse, possibly the one at 2803 Patterson Avenue.

Subjects: Buildings - Agricultural - Greenhouses

Names: Burnaby Orchids Limited

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Maywood Street; Patterson Avenue

Street Address: 4200 Maywood Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Images

Burnaby Orchids Greenhouse, [1950] (date of original), copied 1992 thumbnail

Chamberlain's Greenhouses

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1936] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.7 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Chamberlain's greenhouses. A man is standing outside. This may be 6389 Elgin Avenue.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1936] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Chamberlain family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.7 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 179-007

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1986-27

Scope and Content: Photograph of Chamberlain's greenhouses. A man is standing outside. This may be 6389 Elgin Avenue.

Subjects: Buildings - Agricultural - Greenhouses

Names: Chamberlain Nurseries

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Street Address: 6389 Elgin Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Windsor Area

Images

Chamberlain's Greenhouses

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1936] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.6 x 12.7 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the interior of Chamberlain's greenhouses at what may be 6389 Elgin Avenue.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1936] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Chamberlain family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.6 x 12.7 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 179-008

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1986-27

Scope and Content: Photograph of the interior of Chamberlain's greenhouses at what may be 6389 Elgin Avenue.

Subjects: Buildings - Agricultural - Greenhouses

Names: Chamberlain Nurseries

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Street Address: 6389 Elgin Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Windsor Area

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Davies and Sons Nursery

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1919 (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 Davies & Sons nursery, 1349 Kingsway (later renumbered 7670 Kingsway).

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1919 (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.: 204-731

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Davies & Sons nursery, 1349 Kingsway (later renumbered 7670 Kingsway).

Subjects: Buildings - Agricultural - Greenhouses; Buildings - Agricultural - Nurseries

Names: Davies and Sons Nursery

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 7670 Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Edmonds Area

Images

Davies and Sons Nursery, 1919 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Eco-sculpture steel frame

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2004]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of Daryle Birnie, Horticulture Foreman for the City of Burnaby, standing with the steel frame of the carousel horse eco-sculpture inside of a greenhouse.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2004]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-1800

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Daryle Birnie, Horticulture Foreman for the City of Burnaby, standing with the steel frame of the carousel horse eco-sculpture inside of a greenhouse.

Subjects: Occupations - Civic Workers; Arts - Sculptures; Buildings - Agricultural - Greenhouses

Names: City of Burnaby

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a February 2004 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Daryle Birnie, the Horticulture Foreman for the City of Burnaby, checks out the steel frame that will become an eco-sculpture of a carousel horse."

Images

Eco-sculpture steel frame, [2004] thumbnail

Greenhouse and storage shed

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1933 and 1947] (date of original), copied 2014

Collection/Fonds: James Massey family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : sepia ; 600 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of a green house and storage shed in Robert Burnaby Park. The greenhouse was built by James Massey and was used as nursery for the gardens within the park. James was the caretaker and resided with his family in the park from 1933 until 1947.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1933 and 1947] (date of original), copied 2014

Collection/Fonds: James Massey family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : sepia ; 600 dpi

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 581-014

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2014-34

Scope and Content: Photograph of a green house and storage shed in Robert Burnaby Park. The greenhouse was built by James Massey and was used as nursery for the gardens within the park. James was the caretaker and resided with his family in the park from 1933 until 1947.

Subjects: Buildings - Agricultural - Greenhouses

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Lakeview-Mayfield Area

Images

Greenhouse and storage shed, [between 1933 and 1947] (date of original), copied 2014 thumbnail

Greenhouse at Oakalla

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [195-] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.0 x 4.3 cm print on contact sheet 19.8 x 26.2 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the exterior of a greenhouse at Oakalla Prison Farm.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [195-] (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 4.3 cm print on contact sheet 19.8 x 26.2 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-715

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the exterior of a greenhouse at Oakalla Prison Farm.

Subjects: Buildings - Agricultural - Greenhouses; Buildings - Public - Detention Facilities

Names: Oakalla Prison Farm

Media Type: Photograph

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

Geographic Access: Oakmount Crescent

Street Address: 5220 Oakmount Crescent

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Oakalla Area

Images

Greenhouse at Oakalla, [195-] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Knapps Garden Shop

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: October 22, 1977

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: October 22, 1977

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 556-587

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2017-57

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Stores; Buildings - Agricultural - Greenhouses

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Surridge, Jack

Notes: Title taken from project information form; Accompanied by a project information form and 1 photograph (b&w negative ; 9.5 x 12.5 cm); BPL no. 36

Geographic Access: Lougheed Highway; Holdom Avenue

Planning Study Area: Ardingley-Sprott Area

Images

Knapps Garden Shop, October 22, 1977 thumbnail

Map of Burnaby

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1971

Collection/Fonds: Donald Copan collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 8.9 x 8.9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a large map of Burnaby displayed on a table in a parking lot. A poster for "Middlegate" Shopping Centre is displayed to the right.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Donald Copan collection

Series: Copan album series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 8.9 x 8.9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a large map of Burnaby displayed on a table in a parking lot. A poster for "Middlegate" Shopping Centre is displayed to the right.