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Johnstons with Henry Irwin in yard

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1931] (date of original), copied 2004
Collection/Fonds
In the Shadow by the Sea collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
Scope and Content
Photograph of (left to right) Robert Johnston and Mrs. Johnston, Maureen Johnston, Henry Stanley Irwin and Bobby Johnston. The group are standing in front of a picket feince in the yard of the Irwin family home at the Barnet Lumber Mill. The mill site and the north shore of Burrard Inlet are visibl…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
In the Shadow by the Sea collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
Scope and Content
Photograph of (left to right) Robert Johnston and Mrs. Johnston, Maureen Johnston, Henry Stanley Irwin and Bobby Johnston. The group are standing in front of a picket feince in the yard of the Irwin family home at the Barnet Lumber Mill. The mill site and the north shore of Burrard Inlet are visible in the distance.
History
Henry Stanley Irwin (1890-1966) started work at Barnet mill in 1924. Henry and his wife Elsie May Irwin (Taylor) Irwin (1894-1985) first lived with thier two daughters, Eleanor (Nelson) (1924-2005) and Louise (1927-) in a worker's cabin before moving to the Barnet Mill's managers' residence. The household included Elsie's mother, Elizabeth (Shephard) Taylor (1868-1950). The family resided at Barnet until they moved to Vancouver in September 1939. Louise and her older sister Eleanor attended Barnet School like other children in the Barnet area. After the mill closed in 1931, Henry was unemployed for two years, during this time, he hired a horse and driver and cut logs from the slopes of Burnaby Mountain to support his family.
Subjects
Persons - Children
Names
Barnet Mill
Barnet Lumber Company
Johnston, Maureen
Irwin, Henry Stanley
Johnston, Robert
Geographic Access
Burrard Inlet
Accession Code
BV019.32.73
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1931] (date of original), copied 2004
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Mountain Area
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail