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Simpsons-Sears house building materials on display

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17342
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
5 May 1954
Collection/Fonds
Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of various house building materials on display inside of the Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby during the opening on May 5, 1954. Display of siding, insulation tiles and jack-posts are visible.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
Series
Simpsons-Sears scrapbook series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of various house building materials on display inside of the Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby during the opening on May 5, 1954. Display of siding, insulation tiles and jack-posts are visible.
Subjects
Buildings - Commercial - Department Stores
Events - Openings
Names
Simpsons-Sears Limited
Geographic Access
Kingsway
Street Address
4750 Kingsway
Accession Code
BV021.26.92
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
5 May 1954
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Maywood Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2021-09-21
Photographer
Cantlon, Harry
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph was removed from original scrapbook with newspaper clippings, photographs and ephemera
Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "VANCOUVER PROVINCE / Photo by / HARRY CANTLON"
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Simpsons-Sears house building materials on display

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17343
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
5 May 1954
Collection/Fonds
Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 25.5 x 20.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of various house building materials on display inside of the Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby during the opening on May 5, 1954. Display includes a model of a house with exterior paneling. An unidentified man (possibly a store manager) is standing inside of the model house next to a desk.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
Series
Simpsons-Sears scrapbook series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 25.5 x 20.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of various house building materials on display inside of the Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby during the opening on May 5, 1954. Display includes a model of a house with exterior paneling. An unidentified man (possibly a store manager) is standing inside of the model house next to a desk.
Subjects
Buildings - Commercial - Department Stores
Events - Openings
Names
Simpsons-Sears Limited
Geographic Access
Kingsway
Street Address
4750 Kingsway
Accession Code
BV021.26.93
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
5 May 1954
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Maywood Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2021-09-21
Photographer
Cantlon, Harry
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph was removed from original scrapbook with newspaper clippings, photographs and ephemera
Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "VANCOUVER PROVINCE / Photo by / HARRY CANTLON"
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Tony's

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription95625
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[2001]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Description Level
File
Physical Description
13 photographs (tiff) : col.
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of Tony's New and Used Building Materials, a scrap and vintage store located in New Westminster. Photographs depict the interior and exterior of the shop and several customers browsing inside the store, along with some close-up photographs of tools and cables for sale.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[2001]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Physical Description
13 photographs (tiff) : col.
Description Level
File
Record No.
535-1526
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2018-12
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of Tony's New and Used Building Materials, a scrap and vintage store located in New Westminster. Photographs depict the interior and exterior of the shop and several customers browsing inside the store, along with some close-up photographs of tools and cables for sale.
Subjects
Buildings - Commercial - Hardware Stores
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on original file name
Collected by editorial for use in a January 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata for 535-1526-1: "The sign pretty much says it all."
Caption from metadata for 535-1526-2: "Paul Bionbic carries out a piece of lumber for a customer."
Caption from metadata for 535-1526-3: "Bernie Masse, a scrap hauler who often brings his finds to the store, stops by to shoot the breeze during a break from his current job. "You come here once, you become a regular," he says."
Caption from metadata for 535-1526-5: "A customer searches for just the right piece of plywood, in the small lumber/scrap yard out back."
Caption from metadata for 535-1526-6: "Tony Peric, and his son, Tony Jr., in their little shop of new and used building and plumbing supplies, 12th Street at Edinburgh."
Caption from metadata for 535-1526-9: "Thomas Opoku browses for, he's not sure exactly sure. He says he's fixing things up around his house, but mostly he's just visiting. "They are my buddies for a long time," he says of Tony and Tony Jr."
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Tony's

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription95678
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[2001]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff) : col.
Scope and Content
Photograph of Tony Peric, the owner of Tony's New and Used Building Materials, a scrap and vintage store located in New Westminster. Peric is photographed in the interior of the store.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[2001]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff) : col.
Description Level
Item
Record No.
535-1541
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2018-12
Scope and Content
Photograph of Tony Peric, the owner of Tony's New and Used Building Materials, a scrap and vintage store located in New Westminster. Peric is photographed in the interior of the store.
Subjects
Buildings - Commercial - Hardware Stores
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on original file name
Collected by editorial for use in a January 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
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Two bulldozers

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription8
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[194-]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 6.8 x 11.4 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of two bulldozers, belonging to "Holmes & Wilson Trucking", clearing a lot beside a row of houses. Building materials (bricks and lumber) are piled nearby. This may be related to the construction of the Willingdon Heights subdivision. Stamp on back of photograph reads: "342x."
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 6.8 x 11.4 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of two bulldozers, belonging to "Holmes & Wilson Trucking", clearing a lot beside a row of houses. Building materials (bricks and lumber) are piled nearby. This may be related to the construction of the Willingdon Heights subdivision. Stamp on back of photograph reads: "342x."
Subjects
Industries - Construction
Buildings - Residential - Houses
Construction Tools and Equipment
Names
Bingham, Alfred "Alf"
Accession Code
HV971.12.76
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[194-]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Willingdon Heights Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-03-21
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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