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Bell family house

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1935]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a woman believed to be Flora Bell in a two piece polka dot dress on the front steps of the Bell family house located on Thirteenth Avenue. Flora Bell and her husband William were the proprietors of the Bell Dry Goods store which operated between 1924 and 1941 at the northwest corner o…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a woman believed to be Flora Bell in a two piece polka dot dress on the front steps of the Bell family house located on Thirteenth Avenue. Flora Bell and her husband William were the proprietors of the Bell Dry Goods store which operated between 1924 and 1941 at the northwest corner of Sixth Street and Thirteenth Avenue (1314 Sixth Street). The couple moved to this house in about 1927 while they converted the back of the store to include a Post Office. In 1938, the couple moved from this house into an apartment above a new store building that they built on the corner next to their old one storey building which now operated as Whitechurch Hardware.The Bells were members of the East Burnaby Gospel Hall located at Twelfth Avenue and Sixth Street.
Subjects
Buildings - Residential - Houses
Names
Bell, Flora
Accession Code
BV995.11.2
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Date
[1935]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
01-Jun-09
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "Mrs. Bells home. I am wearing the two piece polka dot dress."
Note in blue ball-point pen on verso of photograph reads: "Built about 1930-35"
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Picnic at Horseshoe Bay

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1939
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia (Kodatone) ; 7 x 9.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Bill and Flora Bell, May Walker Long and Bruce Walker sitting at a table outside in a garden at Horseshoe Bay.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia (Kodatone) ; 7 x 9.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Bill and Flora Bell, May Walker Long and Bruce Walker sitting at a table outside in a garden at Horseshoe Bay.
Subjects
Recreational Activities - Picnics
Names
Bell, William
Bell, Flora
Walker, Bruce
Long, May Walker
Accession Code
BV005.69.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Date
1939
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
11-Jun-09
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "PLEASE RETURN TO: May Long 14428 - 18A Ave White Rock BC V4A 8S6 / ~1939 Horseshoe Bay Bill and Flora Bell with May Long (nee Walker) & Bruce Walker"
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