First house on Twelfth Avenue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38195
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [194-?] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.3 x 5.1 cm print on contact sheet 20.3 x 26.6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the first house on 12th Avenue, at 160 12th Avenue (later renumbered 8142 12th Avenue).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [194-?] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.3 x 5.1 cm print on contact sheet 20.3 x 26.6 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-782
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the first house on 12th Avenue, at 160 12th Avenue (later renumbered 8142 12th Avenue).
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential - Houses
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Geographic Access
- 12th Avenue
- Street Address
- 8142 12th Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Second Street Area
Images
House construction on 12th Avenue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38201
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1946 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.9 x 4.9 cm print on contact sheet 20.3 x 26.6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the forms for a house under construction at 12th Avenue and 1st Street. A woman is standing at the centre, and a man is at the back left.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1946 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.9 x 4.9 cm print on contact sheet 20.3 x 26.6 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-788
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the forms for a house under construction at 12th Avenue and 1st Street. A woman is standing at the centre, and a man is at the back left.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Geographic Access
- 12th Avenue
- 1st Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Second Street Area
Images
John Burton family home
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36068
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1940 and 1949]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 7.5 x 12.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the John Burton family home at 661 12th Avenue. It has been renamed 7835 12th Avenue.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1940 and 1949]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- John Burton subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 7.5 x 12.5 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 216-002
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1989-05
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the John Burton family home at 661 12th Avenue. It has been renamed 7835 12th Avenue.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential - Houses
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 col. copy negative accompanying
- Accompanying materials state that item no. 216-001 and no. 397-001 are of the same address as this item
- Geographic Access
- 12th Avenue
- Street Address
- 7835 12th Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Edmonds Area
Images
Walker family property
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription78784
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1948] (date of original); 2013 (date of duplication)
- Collection/Fonds
- Walker family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w ; 200 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two unidentified buildings believed to be on the Scotty and Elizabeth Walker family property.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1948] (date of original); 2013 (date of duplication)
- Collection/Fonds
- Walker family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w ; 200 dpi
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 557-034
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2013-15
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two unidentified buildings believed to be on the Scotty and Elizabeth Walker family property.
- Subjects
- Buildings
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- 12th Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Edmonds Area
Images
Fire at Kapoor Sawmills Ltd.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15202
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 14 Jan. 1947 (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 a devasting fire that destroyed the Kapoor Sawmills Limited on January 14, 1947. The ground is covered with snow and smoke and flames are visible rising from the buildings.
- 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 a devasting fire that destroyed the Kapoor Sawmills Limited on January 14, 1947. The ground is covered with snow and smoke and flames are visible rising from the buildings.
- Names
- Kapoor Sawmills Limited
- Geographic Access
- Burrard Inlet
- Barnet Marine Park
- Accession Code
- BV019.32.23
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 14 Jan. 1947 (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
- Information from page 6 of The Province newspaper-Jan. 15, 1947 confirms that the fire occurred on Tuesday, January 14, 1947
- See page 67 of book "In the Shadow by the Sea - Recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village". Caption with photograph reads: "The February, 1947 Kapoor Sawmill fire. Maintenance workers were trying to thaw out frozen bearings on a machine with a blowtorch and inadvertently started a fire in oily shavings. all the water pipes were frozen preventing the workers from dousing the intital small flames. Finally, but toolate to prevent the mill's destruction, water was pumped in from the inlet by the Burnaby Fire Department."
Images
Fire at Kapoor Sawmills Ltd.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15209
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 14 Jan.1947 (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 a fire at the Kapoor Sawmills Limited on January 14, 1947. Mill buildings are engulfed in flames. There is snow on the ground.
- 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 a fire at the Kapoor Sawmills Limited on January 14, 1947. Mill buildings are engulfed in flames. There is snow on the ground.
- Geographic Access
- Burrard Inlet
- Barnet Marine Park
- Accession Code
- BV019.32.29
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 14 Jan.1947 (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
- Information from page 6 of The Province newspaper-Jan. 15, 1947 confirms that the fire occurred on Tuesday January 14, 1947