"Bell's exhibit photographs subseries" found 3 records

Scope and Content: Series consists of records pertaining to the moving, restoration, exhibit and repair of the Bell's Dry Goods store and Whitechurch Hardware store building that was relocated from Sixth Avenue to Heritage Village (Burnaby Village Museum) in 1974. The building was set up as a permanent exhibit on sit…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Bell's Dry Goods exhibit series

Description Level: Series

Physical Description: 129 photographs + 10 cm of textual records + approx. 6 architectural drawings + 1 video recording

Scope and Content: Series consists of records pertaining to the moving, restoration, exhibit and repair of the Bell's Dry Goods store and Whitechurch Hardware store building that was relocated from Sixth Avenue to Heritage Village (Burnaby Village Museum) in 1974. The building was set up as a permanent exhibit on site at Burnaby Village Museum. The majority of the records were created by museum and City of Burnaby staff. Series is arranged into four subseries: 1) Restoration, upgrades and repairs subseries 2) Bell's building photographs subseries 3) Bell's exhibit photographs subseries 4) Bell's research files subseries

History: The Bell's Dry Goods building was built in 1922 by Clifford Tuckey with a small lean to structure on the back housing a kitchen and bedroom. The building was located on the northwest corner of Sixth Street and Thirteenth Avenue in Burnaby. William Bell (1884-1952) and Flora Bell (nee Connell) (1889-1953) immigrated to Burnaby from Scotland between 1917 and 1918. In about 1924, the building was purchased by William and Flora Bell. Flora operated "Bell's Dry Goods" store out of the building and the couple lived at the back of the store. William worked as a driver for a local lumber mill. Bell's Dry Goods was in operation in this one storey building between 1925 and 1937 with the building address, 1314 Sixth Street (later 7695 Sixth Street). In 1927, they moved to a house located on Thirteenth Avenue while they converted the back of the store to include the East Burnaby Post Office. In 1937, the Bells moved the one storey "Bell's Dry Goods" building a little further north and built a two storey building on the corner. Flora continued to operate Bell's Dry Goods on the ground level of the new building until 1941 and the couple lived upstairs. The new two storey building assumed the address of 1314 Sixth Street (later 7695 Sixth Street) and the older one storey building obtained a new address of 1316 Sixth Street (later 7685 Sixth Street). The East Burnaby Post Office continued to operate at 1314 Sixth Street until about 1954. On December 1, 1937, Maurice Whitechurch moved his Whitechurch Hardware store into the one storey building which he rented out from the Bells. In 1943, Maurice Whitechurch purchased the building from the Bells and Whitechurch Hardware store continued to operated at this location until the Spring of 1973. In June 1973, Mr. Fergie Will bought the store and the building was donated to Heritage Village (Burnaby Village Museum). In August 1974, the building was relocated from it's location on Sixth Avenue to Heritage Village. Sometime prior to the move, the extension at the rear of the building was removed. After the building was moved to Heritage Village, some exterior repairs were completed including the installation of exterior siding at the rear of the building and installation of large wood sliding door. The building opened as a carpentry shop exhibit in 1975. In March 1976, an extension at the rear of the building was rebuilt by museum staff. The building underwent several repairs and restorations between 1992 and 1996 and was closed to the public. Due to structural problems, the extension was demolished in 1992. Between 1993 and 1996, the building underwent a series of exterior and interior structural repairs to restore it to Bell's Dry Goods store which included the rebuilding of the extension at the rear of the building and the moving of the building onto a new foundation. The newly restored building opened as Bell's Dry Goods store (exhibit) on August 6, 1996. On November 23, 1992, the building was designated a heritage building under Heritage Designation Bylaw 1992, Bylaw Number 9807.

Accession Code: BV019.52; BV020.5

Date: 1974-2012, predominant 1974-1996

Media Type: Photograph; Textual Record; Architectural Drawing

Notes: Title based on contents of series; Further accruals are expected; Some records within this collection are subject to FIPPA; For other records and photographs associated with this building, see also Century Park Museum Association fonds and Burnaby Village Museum fonds and Jesse Love farmhouse fonds

Bell's exhibit photographs subseries

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1996-1997

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: 33 photographs

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photographs of the interior of Bell's Dry Goods store on site at Burnaby Village Museum. Photographs include various artifacts, furnishings, fabrics, notions and articles of clothing on exhibit inside the store.

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Bell's Dry Goods exhibit series

Subseries: Bell's exhibit photographs subseries

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: 33 photographs

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photographs of the interior of Bell's Dry Goods store on site at Burnaby Village Museum. Photographs include various artifacts, furnishings, fabrics, notions and articles of clothing on exhibit inside the store.

Names: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV020.5

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 1996-1997

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on content of series

Original display doll from Bell's Dry Goods

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1995

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 14 photographs : col.negatives ; 15 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: File consists of fourteen photographs of an original display doll from Bell's Dry Goods store. The doll was on loan to the Burnaby Village Museum from Mary Agnew.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Bell's Dry Goods exhibit series

Subseries: Bell's exhibit photographs subseries

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 14 photographs : col.negatives ; 15 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: File consists of fourteen photographs of an original display doll from Bell's Dry Goods store. The doll was on loan to the Burnaby Village Museum from Mary Agnew.

Subjects: Buildings - Civic - Museums

Names: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV020.5.1966

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1995

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2021-07-07

Photographer: Stevens, Colin

Notes: Title based on contents of file; 14 photographs include numbering on verso of each in blue ink: "P95-2 to P95-10"; "P95-21 to P95-25"; Original negatives from roll# "P95-1"

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