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Turning Sod at Lenkurt Electric
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription55643
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- July 1955
- Collection/Fonds
- Charles MacSorley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of nine men standing in a field, preparing to overturn the first piece of sod during a groundbreaking ceremony for Lenkurt Electric. Burnaby Reeve Charles MacSorley can be seen at centre, holding the shovel, but the remainder of the men are unidentified. A caption at the bottom of the p…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- July 1955
- Collection/Fonds
- Charles MacSorley fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 486-037
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2005-14
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of nine men standing in a field, preparing to overturn the first piece of sod during a groundbreaking ceremony for Lenkurt Electric. Burnaby Reeve Charles MacSorley can be seen at centre, holding the shovel, but the remainder of the men are unidentified. A caption at the bottom of the photograph reads: "Turning Sod at Lenkurt Electric Burnaby July 1955."
- Subjects
- Officials - Mayors and Reeves
- Ceremonies
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Artray Limited
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Photographer's stamp on verso
- Photographer identifies photograph as no. 10584-4
- Note on verso reads: "Lenkurt sod turning / July 1955"
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Two men planting a tree indoors
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription59055
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- ca.1983
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 22.5 x 18.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two unidentified men in suits planting a small coniferous tree in a wooden pot, likely for some kind of ceremony.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- ca.1983
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 22.5 x 18.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-1461
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2009-01
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two unidentified men in suits planting a small coniferous tree in a wooden pot, likely for some kind of ceremony.
- Subjects
- Ceremonies
- Plants - Trees
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Hodge, Craig
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photographer's stamp on verso
- Note on verso reads: "PMT 80% / page 4 / Burnaby Today"
Images
Unidentified cake cutting ceremony
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription59006
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- ca.1983
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of six men putting their hands on a knife to cut a cake for an unknown celebration. Other people look on from the room and the floor above the atrium.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- ca.1983
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-1415
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2009-01
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of six men putting their hands on a knife to cut a cake for an unknown celebration. Other people look on from the room and the floor above the atrium.
- Subjects
- Ceremonies
- Events
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- King, Basil
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photographer's stamp on verso
- Note on verso reads: "PMT 100% / page 3 / Burnaby / Today"
Images
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
- 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.
- 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
Images
![West Burnaby United Church, [1948] (date of original), copied 1992 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/315/315-109.jpg?width=280)
West Burnaby United Church
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36754
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1948] (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.6 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the laying of the cornerstone of West Burnaby United Church. The cornerstone reads, "West Burnaby United Church Erected to the Glory of God 1948."
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1948] (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.6 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 315-109
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the laying of the cornerstone of West Burnaby United Church. The cornerstone reads, "West Burnaby United Church Erected to the Glory of God 1948."
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Sussex Avenue
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 6050 Sussex Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Marlborough Area
Images
![West Burnaby United Church, [1948] (date of original), copied 1992 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/315/315-109.jpg)
Wreck at Britannia Beach mill
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19550
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Apr. 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of damage done to the Britannia mill building and conveyor due to an incline railway accident. The accident occurred on April 6, 1939 whereby a locomotive with flat cars rushed down the slope hitting the mill conveyor.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of damage done to the Britannia mill building and conveyor due to an incline railway accident. The accident occurred on April 6, 1939 whereby a locomotive with flat cars rushed down the slope hitting the mill conveyor.
- Accession Code
- BV996.6.257
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- Apr. 1939
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Date
- 2023-02-16
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Caption on page of photograph album reads: "WRECK / 1939"
- Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1
Images
Wreck at Britannia Beach mill
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19551
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Apr. 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of damage done to the Britannia mill building and conveyor due to an incline railway accident. The accident occurred on April 6, 1939 whereby a locomotive with flat cars rushed down the slope hitting the mill conveyor.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of damage done to the Britannia mill building and conveyor due to an incline railway accident. The accident occurred on April 6, 1939 whereby a locomotive with flat cars rushed down the slope hitting the mill conveyor.
- Accession Code
- BV996.6.258
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- Apr. 1939
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Date
- 2023-02-14
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Caption on page of photograph album reads: "WRECK / 1939"
- Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1
Images
Wreck at Britannia Beach mill
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19552
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Apr. 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of damage done to the Britannia mill building and conveyor due to an incline railway accident. The accident occurred on April 6, 1939 whereby a locomotive with flat cars rushed down the slope hitting the mill conveyor.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of damage done to the Britannia mill building and conveyor due to an incline railway accident. The accident occurred on April 6, 1939 whereby a locomotive with flat cars rushed down the slope hitting the mill conveyor.
- Accession Code
- BV996.6.259
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- Apr. 1939
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Date
- 2023-02-16
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Caption on page of photograph album reads: "WRECK / 1939"
- Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1
Images
Wreck at Britannia Beach mill
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19553
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Apr. 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of damage done to the Britannia mill building and conveyor due to an incline railway accident. The accident occurred on April 6, 1939 whereby a locomotive with flat cars rushed down the slope hitting the mill conveyor.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of damage done to the Britannia mill building and conveyor due to an incline railway accident. The accident occurred on April 6, 1939 whereby a locomotive with flat cars rushed down the slope hitting the mill conveyor.
- Accession Code
- BV996.6.260
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- Apr. 1939
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Date
- 2023-02-16
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Caption on page of photograph album reads: "WRECK / 1939"
- Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1
Images
Wreck at Britannia Beach mill
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19554
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Apr. 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of men looking on damage done to the Britannia mill building and conveyor due to an incline railway accident. The accident occurred on April 6, 1939 whereby a locomotive with flat cars rushed down the slope hitting the mill conveyor.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of men looking on damage done to the Britannia mill building and conveyor due to an incline railway accident. The accident occurred on April 6, 1939 whereby a locomotive with flat cars rushed down the slope hitting the mill conveyor.
- Accession Code
- BV996.6.261
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- Apr. 1939
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Date
- 2023-02-16
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Caption on page of photograph album reads: "WRECK / 1939"
- Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1
Images
Wreck at Britannia Beach mill
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19555
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Apr. 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of damage done to the Britannia mill building and conveyor due to an incline railway accident. The accident occurred on April 6, 1939 whereby a locomotive with flat cars rushed down the slope hitting the mill conveyor.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of damage done to the Britannia mill building and conveyor due to an incline railway accident. The accident occurred on April 6, 1939 whereby a locomotive with flat cars rushed down the slope hitting the mill conveyor.
- Accession Code
- BV996.6.262
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- Apr. 1939
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Date
- 2023-02-16
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Caption on page of photograph album reads: "WRECK / 1939"
- Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1
Images
Wreck at Britannia Beach mill
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19556
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Apr. 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two men standing alongside track that was damaged due to an incline railway accident. The accident occurred on April 6, 1939 whereby a locomotive with flat cars rushed down the slope of the Britannia Beach mine hitting the mill conveyor. Crichton Hawkshaw may be the man on the right.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two men standing alongside track that was damaged due to an incline railway accident. The accident occurred on April 6, 1939 whereby a locomotive with flat cars rushed down the slope of the Britannia Beach mine hitting the mill conveyor. Crichton Hawkshaw may be the man on the right.
- Accession Code
- BV996.6.263
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- Apr. 1939
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Date
- 2023-02-16
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Caption on page of photograph album reads: "WRECK / 1939"
- Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1
Images
Wreck at Britannia Beach mill
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19557
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Apr. 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of damage done railway tracks due to an incline railway accident at Britannia Beach mine. The accident occurred on April 6, 1939 whereby a locomotive with flat cars rushed down the slope hitting the mill conveyor.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of damage done railway tracks due to an incline railway accident at Britannia Beach mine. The accident occurred on April 6, 1939 whereby a locomotive with flat cars rushed down the slope hitting the mill conveyor.
- Accession Code
- BV996.6.264
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- Apr. 1939
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Date
- 2023-02-16
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Caption on page of photograph album reads: "WRECK / 1939"
- Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1
Images
![Wrecked rail cars, [May 1913] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1977/197900540001.jpg?width=280)
Wrecked rail cars
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1429
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [May 1913]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.1 x 13.9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of several wrecked rail cars abandoned on the side of a railway. There is gravel, rocks and dirt in the foreground, beside the railway tracks and a forested area in the background. An annotation on the back of the photograph reads: "Wrecked cares - Dump #4 / G.N. reclamation work / Vanco…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.1 x 13.9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of several wrecked rail cars abandoned on the side of a railway. There is gravel, rocks and dirt in the foreground, beside the railway tracks and a forested area in the background. An annotation on the back of the photograph reads: "Wrecked cares - Dump #4 / G.N. reclamation work / Vancouver, B.C. / May - 1913." The accession register speculates that the photograph may be of an accident on the Great Northern line at Sperling.
- Names
- Great Northern Railway
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Accession Code
- HV979.54.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [May 1913]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-09-12
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Wrecked rail cars, [May 1913] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1977/197900540001.jpg)