The Bird's Paradise, Vancouver, BC
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3221
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1930 and 1945]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w postcard hand-tinted into col.
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of an unidentified man in tweed suit smoking a pipe.There are birds resting on his head, on his pipe and hand, on his shoulder and his forearm. The birds on his hand have been coloured red, and the others are coloured yellow. A caption to the photograph reads: The Birds' Para…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w postcard hand-tinted into col.
- Material Details
- inscribed in the original negative, printed on recto, c. r. "The Birds' Paradise,/ Vancouver, B.C./ No. 2.", l.l. "[copyright c with circle]" printed on verso, t. "MADE IN CANADA BY THE GOWEN, SUTTON CO. LTD., VANCOUVER, B. C."
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of an unidentified man in tweed suit smoking a pipe.There are birds resting on his head, on his pipe and hand, on his shoulder and his forearm. The birds on his hand have been coloured red, and the others are coloured yellow. A caption to the photograph reads: The Birds' Paradise / Vancouver, B.C. / No. 2.
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Accession Code
- BV985.6012.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1930 and 1945]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-02-27
- Photographer
- Gowen Sutton Company Limited
- Notes
- Title based on contents of postcard
Images
Digney Film 3 - Visit to Vancouver Zoo in Stanley Park
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18881
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1967] (date of original), copied 2019
- Collection/Fonds
- Digney Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 video recording (mp4) (1 min., 15 sec.) : digital, 23 fps, col., si.
- Scope and Content
- Film footage of Joyce Digney, her mother, Dorothy Brookes and her young son Drew Digney visiting the Vancouver Zoo located in Stanley Park in Vancouver. Film clip documents them watching pelicans feeding and swimming in a pond and walking along the pathways within the park.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Digney Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 video recording (mp4) (1 min., 15 sec.) : digital, 23 fps, col., si.
- Scope and Content
- Film footage of Joyce Digney, her mother, Dorothy Brookes and her young son Drew Digney visiting the Vancouver Zoo located in Stanley Park in Vancouver. Film clip documents them watching pelicans feeding and swimming in a pond and walking along the pathways within the park.
- Creator
- Digney, Ernest Frank "Dig"
- Subjects
- Exhibitions - Zoos
- Animals
- Animals - Birds
- Names
- Digney, Joyce
- Digney, Drew
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Accession Code
- BV019.18.5.4
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1967] (date of original), copied 2019
- Media Type
- Moving Images
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
- Photographer
- Digney, Ernest Frank "Dig"
- Notes
- Title based on contents of film segment
- Film segment originates from digitized version of original 8 mm film (See BV019.18.5)
Images
Video
Digney Film 3 - Visit to Vancouver Zoo in Stanley Park, [1967] (date of original), copied 2019
Digney Film 3 - Visit to Vancouver Zoo in Stanley Park, [1967] (date of original), copied 2019
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Moving_Images/2019_0018_0005_004.mp4lapel pin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact11367
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.3298.1
- Description
- Pin; green, cream, blue, yellow; cream pin in tringular banner shape has blue writing embossed reading "VANCOUVER". It is attached to a green velvet bow; Five embroidered cream flowers with yellow centres (like daisies) hang from the bow, each attached to bow with greeen cord.
- Marks/Labels
- "VANCOUVER", embossed in blue in banner at top
- Subjects
- Adornment
- Adornment - Lapel Pins
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
Images
lapel pin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact11405
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.3319.1
- Description
- Pin; brass, yellow; brass frame of pin in oval shaped and has decorative, twisting motif at top centre and bottom centre; inside frame is drawing of mountains, water clouds and shining sun; lettering reading "VANCOUVER" is reflected in water
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Documentary Artifacts
- Object Term
- Souvenir
- Marks/Labels
- "VANCOUVER", half white and half black lettering printed along pin "THE WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO / NEWARK, N.J.", engraved on rear
- Measurements
- L: 5.1 cm x W: 2.9 cm
- Maker
- Whitehead & Hoag Company
- Country Made
- United States of America
- Province Made
- New Jersey
- Site/City Made
- Newark
- Subjects
- Adornment
- Adornment - Lapel Pins
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
Images
Stone fountain in lake
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1416
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1920]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a small stone fountain spraying water in a pond laid with stones along the edges. There are swans and ducks in the pond, with trees and a part of a wooden building in the background. A note in the accession register speculates the location is Beaver Lake in Stanley Park, Vancouver.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 6.5 cm
- Material Details
- The name "velox" is lightly printed on the back of the photo paper: thus, the photograph is printed on Kodak velox photo paper made in early 1900s for amateur photography.
- stamped on verso, "729"
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a small stone fountain spraying water in a pond laid with stones along the edges. There are swans and ducks in the pond, with trees and a part of a wooden building in the background. A note in the accession register speculates the location is Beaver Lake in Stanley Park, Vancouver.
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Accession Code
- BV985.5790.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1920]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-02-02
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph