"Wars - World War, 1914-1918 " found 71 records

Submarine works yard at Barnet

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1917] (date of original), copied 2004

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 28 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of some of the equipment used at the submarines works yard at Barnet. During World War One, the Royal Russian Navy contracted with a Seattle-based company to build submarines for Russia, but American neutrality in the war prevented the subs from being built in the United States. Instead…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1917] (date of original), copied 2004

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Jim Wolf subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 28 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 466-013

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2004-9

Scope and Content: Photograph of some of the equipment used at the submarines works yard at Barnet. During World War One, the Royal Russian Navy contracted with a Seattle-based company to build submarines for Russia, but American neutrality in the war prevented the subs from being built in the United States. Instead, the company operated a facility at Barnet to complete the contract.

Subjects: Transportation - Submarines; Wars - World War, 1914-1918; Construction Tools and Equipment

Names: Royal Russian Navy

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Barnet Village; Barnet Road

Street Address: 8774 Barnet Road

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

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Submarine works yard at Barnet, [1917] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail

Training at Victoria

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1913

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Kayliss Wilband, Thorn, Prant, and George A. Grant at Victoria. They were in training for a Commission in the 11th Regiment, the Irish Fusiliers of Canada, a Canadian Militia infantry regiment.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1913

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: George Grant subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 243-016

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1990-06

Scope and Content: Photograph of Kayliss Wilband, Thorn, Prant, and George A. Grant at Victoria. They were in training for a Commission in the 11th Regiment, the Irish Fusiliers of Canada, a Canadian Militia infantry regiment.

Subjects: Wars - World War, 1914-1918

Names: Wilband, Kayliss; Grant, George Alford

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Handwritten note on verso identifies three of the indiviuals in the photograph: Kayliss Wilband, Thorn, Prant; Second handwritten note on verso of photograph reads: "At Victoria (In training for a Commission in 11th Regt. I.F.of C.Canadian Militia 1913)

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Unidentified girl

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [Written on October 10, 1916]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 14 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard is a portrait of an unidentified girl.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [Written on October 10, 1916]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 14 x 8.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-149

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard is a portrait of an unidentified girl.

Subjects: Wars - World War, 1914-1918; Persons - Children

Names: Hill, Minard Gerald "Gerry"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black pen on verso reads: "Oct 10th / 16 / As usual, nothing to tell that is interesting. Life goes on the same old, every day way. Did you know Dee Pratt possesses a baby, now? I am going to write her. Love from D W B / Pte. M G Hill / No 76101, Prisoner of War, 29th Battalion ... Germany"; Four stamps are on the verso

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Unidentified girl, [Written on October 10, 1916] thumbnail

Unidentified soldiers

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1914 and 1918]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 9 x 14 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard shows two images: one is a portrait of a single soldier, the other is a portrait of a group of soldiers.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1914 and 1918]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 9 x 14 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-138

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard shows two images: one is a portrait of a single soldier, the other is a portrait of a group of soldiers.

Subjects: Clothing - Military Uniforms; Wars - World War, 1914-1918

Names: Hill, Minard Gerald "Gerry"; Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black pen on verso reads: "Minard G Hill / co 7 / Gef No 1541 / Gef L Chemnitz / Miss Kitty Hill / Burnaby Lake PO / Vancouver / Canada"; Stamp on verso reads: Gepruft F a ... Chemnitz"

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Unidentified soldiers, [between 1914 and 1918] thumbnail

Unidentified sports team

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1916

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 14 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard is a portrait of a sports team. Sign reads: "F. C. 1916 / Canada / Friedrichsfeld"

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1916

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 14 x 9 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-137

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard is a portrait of a sports team. Sign reads: "F. C. 1916 / Canada / Friedrichsfeld"

Subjects: Sports - Team Sports; Wars - World War, 1914-1918

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph and note accompanying photograph; Note in black pen on verso reads: "To: Miss K Hill / Burnaby Lake / Vancouver BC / Canada / 3rd from R back row"

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Unidentified sports team, 1916 thumbnail

Unveiling of the Memorial Fountain

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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…

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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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Unveiling of the Memorial Fountain, June 17, 1923 thumbnail

The Wai Kaua

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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 Wai Kaua. Harold Pendygrasse came home to Vancouver on this ship after he was injured while loading coal. Harold was the son of John Pendygrasse and Mary Pendygrasse, of 4027 Eton Street, Vancouver Heights. He served on a number of transport ships during World War One. He had one …

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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.: 204-155

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Wai Kaua. Harold Pendygrasse came home to Vancouver on this ship after he was injured while loading coal. Harold was the son of John Pendygrasse and Mary Pendygrasse, of 4027 Eton Street, Vancouver Heights. He served on a number of transport ships during World War One. He had one brother, George Pendygrasse.

Subjects: Transportation - Ships; Wars - World War, 1914-1918

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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The Wai Kaua, 1917 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Willie McGillivray

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1914 and 1916] (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 9 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Willie McGillivray in Scottish regalia. He would be killed in the First World War.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1914 and 1916] (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 ; 13 x 9 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 315-280

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1994-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of Willie McGillivray in Scottish regalia. He would be killed in the First World War.

Subjects: Clothing - Uniforms; Occupations - Military Personnel; Wars - World War, 1914-1918

Names: McGillivray, William George "Willie"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Willie McGillivray, [between 1914 and 1916] (date of original), copied 1992 thumbnail

Working on a submarine hull

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1917] (date of original), copied 2004

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 28 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of approximately ten labourers working on the hull of a submarine at the submarine works yard at Barnet. All are unidentified. During World War One, the Royal Russian Navy contracted with a Seattle-based company to build submarines for Russia, but American neutrality in the war prevented…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1917] (date of original), copied 2004

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Jim Wolf subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 28 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 466-016

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2004-9

Scope and Content: Photograph of approximately ten labourers working on the hull of a submarine at the submarine works yard at Barnet. All are unidentified. During World War One, the Royal Russian Navy contracted with a Seattle-based company to build submarines for Russia, but American neutrality in the war prevented the subs from being built in the United States. Instead, the company operated a facility at Barnet to complete the contract.

Subjects: Transportation - Submarines; Wars - World War, 1914-1918; Construction Tools and Equipment; Occupations - Labourers

Names: Royal Russian Navy

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph.

Geographic Access: Barnet Village; Barnet Road

Street Address: 8774 Barnet Road

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

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Working on a submarine hull, [1917] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail

World War I soldier

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1914]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 19 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a World War I soldier standing behind a woman, holding her.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1914]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Andrew Johnson subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 19 x 11.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 335-008

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1997-16

Scope and Content: Photograph of a World War I soldier standing behind a woman, holding her.

Subjects: Wars - World War, 1914-1918; Clothing - Military Uniforms

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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World War One Memorial

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1923

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 13.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of the World War One memorial in front of the Municipal Hall at Edmonds and Kingsway. The memorial is inscribed "In memory of our fellow workers who fell in the war 1914-1918 / Erected by the Civic Employees Union - Burnaby - 1923." In 1974, this memorial was relocated from …

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1923

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 13.5 x 9 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 449-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of the World War One memorial in front of the Municipal Hall at Edmonds and Kingsway. The memorial is inscribed "In memory of our fellow workers who fell in the war 1914-1918 / Erected by the Civic Employees Union - Burnaby - 1923." In 1974, this memorial was relocated from its original setting to the site of the Burnaby Village Museum on Deer Lake Avenue.