"British Columbia Electric Railway" found 91 records

Notes: Summary: Promotional film. The BC Electric Railway Company's $50 million post-war expansion and modernization program, to be completed by 1950. Includes: expansion of transit services, including start of the switch from streetcars to trolley buses; water gas plant; explanation of the Bridge River project, with footage of construction (including La Joie Falls storage dam); Lower Mainland power sub-stations. Various Vancouver street scenes, especially Fraser Street and downtown; Credit note : sponsored/presented by: British Columbia Electric Company; producer: Lew M. Parry; producing agency/company: Trans-Canada Films Ltd.

Cumberland Road Station on the Burnaby Lake Line

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1949 (date of original), copied January 1988

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : 19.5 x 24.5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Cumberland Road Station on the Burnaby Lake Line. The station shelter is on a small, raised platform in a wooded area. Electric power poles are visible running along the tracks.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : 19.5 x 24.5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Cumberland Road Station on the Burnaby Lake Line. The station shelter is on a small, raised platform in a wooded area. Electric power poles are visible running along the tracks.

Subjects: Transportation - Electric Railroads

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Geographic Access: Cumberland Street

Accession Code: BV988.7.8

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 1949 (date of original), copied January 1988

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 01-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Photographer: Plant, Ernest Leslie

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on verso of photograph reads: "Cumberland Rd. Station, Burnaby Lake line, 1949/ Ernie Plant photo from/ the Henry Ewert Collection/ photo produced by/ Robert Bodlak/ 1/88"

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Cumberland Road Station on the Burnaby Lake Line, 1949 (date of original), copied January 1988 thumbnail

Norris Station along New Westminster - Chilliwack line

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1949 (date of original), copied 1994

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.5 x 24.5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Norris station shelter and small wooden plank platform along the British Columbia Electric Railway New Westminster - Chilliwack line.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.5 x 24.5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Norris station shelter and small wooden plank platform along the British Columbia Electric Railway New Westminster - Chilliwack line.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Train Stations

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Accession Code: BV994.19.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 1949 (date of original), copied 1994

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 01-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Photographer: Plant, Ernest Leslie

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on verso of photograph reads: "Norris Station on B.C. Electric's/ New Westminster-Chilliwack railway line/ -photographed in 1949 by/ Ernie Les Plant/ Photo is in the collection of/ Henry Ewert/ Copied for Elizabeth Czerwinski/ 21/2/94"

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Norris Station along New Westminster - Chilliwack line, 1949 (date of original), copied 1994 thumbnail

Trams no. 1223 and 1224

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: April 20, 1948

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 17. cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of British Columbia Electric Railway tram no. 1223 (with "CAR BARNS"on its destination sign). Behind that tram is British Columbia Electric Railway tram no. 1224 (with "MARPOLE" on its destination sign). The trams are stationed at the Kitsilano Car Barn in Vancouver.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 17. cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of British Columbia Electric Railway tram no. 1223 (with "CAR BARNS"on its destination sign). Behind that tram is British Columbia Electric Railway tram no. 1224 (with "MARPOLE" on its destination sign). The trams are stationed at the Kitsilano Car Barn in Vancouver.

Subjects: Transportation - Electric Railroads

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Geographic Access: Vancouver

Accession Code: BV004.108.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: April 20, 1948

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 09-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Photographer: Plant, Ernest Leslie

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "BRITISH COLUMBIA ELECTRIC RY 1223. KITSILANO CAR BARNS/ APRIL 20, 1948. PHOTO BY ERNIE LES PLANT. NEGATIVE OWNED BY D. PARKER"

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Trams no. 1223 and 1224, April 20, 1948 thumbnail

BCER three car train at a level crossing

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1948 and 1955]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a British Columbia Electric Railway three car train at a level crossing. The location is unknown and the car numbers are not discernable.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a British Columbia Electric Railway three car train at a level crossing. The location is unknown and the car numbers are not discernable.

Subjects: Transportation - Electric Railroads

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Accession Code: BV012.18.10

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [between 1948 and 1955]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: 13-Mar-2018

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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BCER three car train at a level crossing, [between 1948 and 1955] thumbnail

Central Park Interurban trams

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1947] (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 New Westminster British Columbia Electric Railway depot freight train en route to Chilliwack. This location at 8th and Columbia was the hub of the interurban network with Fraser Valley, Marpole, Central Park, Burnaby lake trams and trains all going through. Later, the building serve…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1947] (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.: 204-369

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of New Westminster British Columbia Electric Railway depot freight train en route to Chilliwack. This location at 8th and Columbia was the hub of the interurban network with Fraser Valley, Marpole, Central Park, Burnaby lake trams and trains all going through. Later, the building served as Wosk's store and then as a market.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Train Stations; Transportation - Electric Railroads

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Central Park Interurban trams, [1947] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Dinner for Miss Creeden

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1947

Call Number: 388.46 BCH

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Moving Images

Call Number: 388.46 BCH

Contributor: British Columbia Electric Company

Place of Publication: [British Columbia, Canada]

Publisher: BC Hydro

Publication Date: 1947

Physical Description: 1 videodisc (36 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.

Library Subject (LOC): Natural gas industry; World War, 1914-1918--Mobilization; World War, 1939-1945--Mobilization; Street-railroads; Electric railroads; Transportation; British Columbia--History

Subjects: Transportation; Transportation - Electric Railroads

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Notes: Summary: Industrial film. A film about the growth of B.C. Electric from 1906 to 1946, built around the story of stenographer Flossie Creeden, the first female office employee of the company. Footage includes: Goldstream power plant; Vancouver natural gas facilities; BC Electric Railway lines in Fraser Valley; Stave Falls generator plant; Alouette Lake and Ruskin plants; 1939 royal visit; BCE employee's newsletter; A.E. Grauer family at home; office scenes; plans & construction at Bridge River project; BCE employee's service in World Wars I & II; BCE streetcar and trolley bus services; Credit notes: producer: Lew M. Parry; director: Lew M. Parry; photography: John Young; script: Cecil Maiden; sound: S.G. Wilson; narrator: A.E. Grauer; sponsored/presented by: British Columbia Electric Company; producing agency/company: Trans-Canada Films Ltd.

BC Electric Railway Company observation car

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: September 1, 1946

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.5 x 23.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a BC Electric Railway Company Observation car, fully loaded with people, passing by Harry Bullen Photo studio on 2608 Granville Street. The car number is 123, and on the end of the car is a sign that reads; "Seeing Vancouver / 2 Hour Trip / Fare 50c." A sign on the side of the car re…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.5 x 23.7 cm

Material Details: inscribed in the negative and printed on recto, l.l. "B.C. ELECTRIC RLY CO OBSERVATION CAR", l.r. " Harry Bullen Photographer. 2608 Granville St. Phone Bay. 8869" stamped on verso, l.l. "SEP 1 - 1946/ 664"

Scope and Content: Photograph of a BC Electric Railway Company Observation car, fully loaded with people, passing by Harry Bullen Photo studio on 2608 Granville Street. The car number is 123, and on the end of the car is a sign that reads; "Seeing Vancouver / 2 Hour Trip / Fare 50c." A sign on the side of the car reads; "Sightseeing Car Trips / Leave Robson & Granville / At 10 & 11 AM - 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 & 7 PM / Daily." Behind the car, a store window display of photographs with an awning reads; "Harry Bullen Photographer." Among the passengers in the car are a number of soldiers. Printed at the bottom front of the photograph; "BC Electric Rly Co Observation Car / Harry Bullen Photographer., 2608 Granville St., Phone Bay. 8869."

Subjects: Transportation - Electric Railroads

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Geographic Access: Vancouver

Accession Code: HV975.88.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: September 1, 1946

Media Type: Photograph

Related Material: For another photograph of BCER observation car by Harry Bullen, see HV972.142.1

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-06-06

Photographer: Bullen, Harry Elder

Notes: Title based on caption of photograph; In "History of Metropolitan Vancouver" at http://www.vancouverhistory.ca/chronology6.htm, it notes that Harry Bullen sold long narrow souvenir photographs of the passengers taken in the car.

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BC Electric Railway Company observation car, September 1, 1946 thumbnail

British Columbia Electric Railway Company timetables

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1946 and 1973]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.4 x 25.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a BC Electric Railway timetable for the Lulu Island Branch, Eburne, and New Westminster Line, including a Sunday schedule and freight schedule.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.4 x 25.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a BC Electric Railway timetable for the Lulu Island Branch, Eburne, and New Westminster Line, including a Sunday schedule and freight schedule.

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Accession Code: HV973.41.5

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [between 1946 and 1973]

Media Type: Photograph

Related Material: For an earlier donation made by the same donor in regards to BCER tram, see accession HV972.202.

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: 2023-05-16

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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British Columbia Electric Railway Company timetables

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1946 and 1973]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.4 x 20.6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two British Columbia Electric Railway Company timetables for the Central Park line, one "corrected to October 15, 1933" and the other "corrected to May 16, 1946." Also in the photograph are two tickets, one reads, "Good for one fare at 10 for $1.25 between Vancouver and Burnaby North…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.4 x 20.6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two British Columbia Electric Railway Company timetables for the Central Park line, one "corrected to October 15, 1933" and the other "corrected to May 16, 1946." Also in the photograph are two tickets, one reads, "Good for one fare at 10 for $1.25 between Vancouver and Burnaby Northwest Zone" and the other reads, "Good for one fare between Vancouver and Park Ave."

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Accession Code: HV973.41.6

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [between 1946 and 1973]

Media Type: Photograph

Related Material: For an earlier donation made by the same donor in regards to BCER tram, see accession HV972.202.

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: 2023-05-16

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Tram no. 1220 at the Kitsilano Car Barn

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: September 20, 1945

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 22 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of British Columbia Electric Railway Company tram no. 1220 at Kitsilano Car Barn in Vancouver. The destination board sign reads, "MARPOLE."

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 22 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of British Columbia Electric Railway Company tram no. 1220 at Kitsilano Car Barn in Vancouver. The destination board sign reads, "MARPOLE."

Subjects: Transportation - Electric Railroads

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Geographic Access: Vancouver

Accession Code: BV992.23.29

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: September 20, 1945

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 01-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Photographer: Webster, Robert D. "Bob"

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on verso of photograph reads: "BCER 1220/ KITS BARNS 9/20/45"; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "BOB WEBSTER/ 9068 - 146th STREET/ SURREY, B.C. CANADA/ 584-9495 V3R 3S8/ RAILROAD PHOTOGRAPHY"

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Tram no. 1220 at the Kitsilano Car Barn, September 20, 1945 thumbnail

Tram no. 1231 at Kitsilano Car Barn

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: February 28, 1945

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.5 x 24 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of British Columbia Electric Railway Company tram no. 1231 stationed at Kitsilano Car Barn in Vancouver.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.5 x 24 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of British Columbia Electric Railway Company tram no. 1231 stationed at Kitsilano Car Barn in Vancouver.

Subjects: Transportation - Electric Railroads

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Geographic Access: Vancouver

Accession Code: BV992.23.31

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: February 28, 1945

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 01-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Photographer: Webster, Robert D. "Bob"

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on verso of photograph reads: "BCER 1231/ KITS BARNS 2/28/45"; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "BOB WEBSTER/ 9068 - 146th STREET/ SURREY, B.C. CANADA/ 584-9495 V3R 3S8/ RAILROAD PHOTOGRAPHY"

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Tram no. 1231 at Kitsilano Car Barn, February 28, 1945 thumbnail

Trams at Kitsilano Car Barn

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: October 6, 1945

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 24 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of British Columbia Electric Railway Company trams no. 1219 and 1205 at Kitsilano Car Barn in Vancouver.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 24 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of British Columbia Electric Railway Company trams no. 1219 and 1205 at Kitsilano Car Barn in Vancouver.

Subjects: Transportation - Electric Railroads

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Geographic Access: Vancouver

Accession Code: BV992.23.38

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: October 6, 1945

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 01-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Photographer: Webster, Robert D. "Bob"

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on verso of photograph reads: "BCER 1219/ KITS BARNS 10/6/45"; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "BOB WEBSTER/ 9068 - 146th STREET/ SURREY, B.C. CANADA/ 584-9495 V3R 3S8/ RAILROAD PHOTOGRAPHY"

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Trams at Kitsilano Car Barn, October 6, 1945 thumbnail

Dolores Dyck, Helen Silvanovicz and Norma Rypdal

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1944] (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 12 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Dolores Dyck, Helen Silvanovicz and Norma Rypdal at the Connaught Hill Interurban tram station on their way to Burnaby South High School.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1944] (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 ; 8 x 12 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 315-310

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1994-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of Dolores Dyck, Helen Silvanovicz and Norma Rypdal at the Connaught Hill Interurban tram station on their way to Burnaby South High School.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Train Stations; Transportation - Electric Railroads

Names: Dyck, Dolores; Moysiuk, Helen Silvanovicz; Perry, Norma Rypdal; British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph;

Geographic Access: Central Park Interurban line

Historic Neighbourhood: Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Stride Hill Area; Stride Avenue Area

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Dolores Dyck, Helen Silvanovicz and Norma Rypdal, [1944] (date of original), copied 1992 thumbnail

Tram 1004

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1944 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.7 x 4.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.3 x 26.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of tram no. 1004 coming into MacGregor station en route to Central Park on the Central Park Interurban line.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1944 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.7 x 4.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.3 x 26.4 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-412

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of tram no. 1004 coming into MacGregor station en route to Central Park on the Central Park Interurban line.

Subjects: Transportation - Electric Railroads; Transportation - Public Transit

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast

Geographic Access: Central Park Interurban line

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Tram 1004, 1944 (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Interurban tram 1234 at Queens Station, Burnaby Lake Line

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [September 1944] (date of original), copied 1985

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.6 x 17.7 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Interurban tram no. 1234 at Queens Station. There are two women standing by the railings at the station. There is a car waiting for the tram to cross just behind the station shelter. There is a house close to the station visible on the left side of the photograph. Note the electric po…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.6 x 17.7 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Interurban tram no. 1234 at Queens Station. There are two women standing by the railings at the station. There is a car waiting for the tram to cross just behind the station shelter. There is a house close to the station visible on the left side of the photograph. Note the electric power poles running along the tracks. According to the accession register and notes in the accession file, the photograph was taken on a Sunday afternoon in September 1944, and the tram is part of the Burnaby Lake Line along Willingdon Avenue.

Subjects: Transportation - Electric Railroads

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Accession Code: BV985.328.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [September 1944] (date of original), copied 1985

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 16-Jan-24

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying

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Interurban tram 1234 at Queens Station, Burnaby Lake Line, [September 1944] (date of original), copied 1985 thumbnail

Certificate of membership for Norman Thomas Carson

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1 Jan. 1944

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Document collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 p.

Scope and Content: Item consists of a Certificate of Membership for Norman Thomas Carson who was admitted as a member of the Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes [sic] of America by Division No. 134 of New Westminster, British Columbia. Certification was granted on January 1, 1…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Document collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 p.

Scope and Content: Item consists of a Certificate of Membership for Norman Thomas Carson who was admitted as a member of the Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes [sic] of America by Division No. 134 of New Westminster, British Columbia. Certification was granted on January 1, 1944 and signed by W.D. Mahon International President.

Subjects: Transportation - Locomotives; Documentary Artifacts - Certificates

Names: Carson, Norman Thomas "Tom"; British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Accession Code: BV012.18.13

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: 1 Jan. 1944

Media Type: Textual Record

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 29-Sep-2021

Notes: Title based on contents of item

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Certificate of membership for Norman Thomas Carson, 1 Jan. 1944 thumbnail

From Antrim Avenue

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1943] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.9 x 4.3 cm print on contact sheet 20.4 x 26.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph taken looking south from the back of 2224 Antrim Avenue (later renumbered 6957 Antrim Avenue). The British Columbia Electric Railway Company tracks and Central Park tram are partially visible in the background.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1943] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.9 x 4.3 cm print on contact sheet 20.4 x 26.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-656

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph taken looking south from the back of 2224 Antrim Avenue (later renumbered 6957 Antrim Avenue). The British Columbia Electric Railway Company tracks and Central Park tram are partially visible in the background.

Subjects: Plants - Trees

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast

Geographic Access: Antrim Avenue

Street Address: 6957 Antrim Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Windsor Area

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From Antrim Avenue, [1943] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Tram no. 1227 at Carrall Street, Vancouver

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: September 1, 1943

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 24 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of British Columbia Electric Railway Company tram no. 1227 at Carrall Street in Vancouver. There are brick buildings visible behind the tram, and a sign for "CARTER HALLS ALDINGER Co. LTD./ GENERAL CONTRATORS & ENGINEERS", and a sign for "MARSHALL WELLS" on what appears to be a water tow…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 24 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of British Columbia Electric Railway Company tram no. 1227 at Carrall Street in Vancouver. There are brick buildings visible behind the tram, and a sign for "CARTER HALLS ALDINGER Co. LTD./ GENERAL CONTRATORS & ENGINEERS", and a sign for "MARSHALL WELLS" on what appears to be a water tower.

Subjects: Transportation - Electric Railroads

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Geographic Access: Vancouver

Accession Code: BV992.23.21

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: September 1, 1943

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 01-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Photographer: Webster, Robert D. "Bob"

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on verso of photograph reads: "BCER 1227/ CARRAL ST. 9/1/43"; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "BOB WEBSTER/ 9068 - 146th STREET/ SURREY, B.C. CANADA/ 584-9495 V3R 3S8/ RAILROAD PHOTOGRAPHY"

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Trams at Kitsilano Car Barn

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Dolores Dyck, Helen Silvanovicz and Norma Rypdal

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Tram 1004

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Interurban tram 1234 at Queens Station, Burnaby Lake Line

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Certificate of membership for Norman Thomas Carson

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From Antrim Avenue

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Tram no. 1227 at Carrall Street, Vancouver

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