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Cenotaph in New Westminster

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription20623
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[192-]
Collection/Fonds
David Geoffrey Llewellyn collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of New Westminster World War One memorial cenotaph with bronze statue of soldier. The memorial is located in a park in Leopold Place and was later moved to the northerly approach to the Patullo bridge and in 1954 to New Westminster City Hall.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
David Geoffrey Llewellyn collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of New Westminster World War One memorial cenotaph with bronze statue of soldier. The memorial is located in a park in Leopold Place and was later moved to the northerly approach to the Patullo bridge and in 1954 to New Westminster City Hall.
Subjects
Monuments
Monuments - War Memorials
Wars - World War, 1914-1918
Geographic Access
New Westminster
Accession Code
BV995.8.54
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[192-]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Notes
Transcribed titled
Photograph is part of photograph album BV995.8.1, pasted to page 19
Illustrative designs in white ink around photographs on album page
Note in white ink on album page reads: ""CENOTAPH" / NEW WESTMINSTER"
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Unveiling of the Memorial Fountain

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34504
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
June 17, 1923
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 15.3 x 18.3 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the unveiling the First World War memorial fountain at the Municipal Hall, Kingsway and Edmonds Street, on June 17, 1923. It was dedicated to Municipal employees who died in the War. Engraved at the top of the memorial is "[In memory?] of our fellow workers who fell in the war, 1914…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
June 17, 1923
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Photographs subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 15.3 x 18.3 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
025-001
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS2007-04
Scope and Content
Photograph of the unveiling the First World War memorial fountain at the Municipal Hall, Kingsway and Edmonds Street, on June 17, 1923. It was dedicated to Municipal employees who died in the War. Engraved at the top of the memorial is "[In memory?] of our fellow workers who fell in the war, 1914-1918 / Erected by the Civic Employees Union - Burnaby - 1923." At the right is Dora Wilcox, daughter of Ernest Wilcox who was killed on the Somme in 1916. She unveiled the fountain. Uniformed boys, possibly Boy Scouts, and a bugler are also pictured. In 1974, this memorial was relocated from its original setting to the site of the Burnaby Village Museum on Deer Lake Avenue.
Subjects
Ceremonies
Monuments - War Memorials
Wars - World War, 1914-1918
Fountains
Names
Wilcox, Dora
Burnaby Civic Employees Union
Burnaby City Hall
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Kingsway
Deer Lake Avenue
Street Address
7282 Kingsway
6501 Deer Lake Avenue
Historic Neighbourhood
Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Stride Avenue Area
Morley-Buckingham Area
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