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Burnaby May Day

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
May 26, 1928
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ;11.5 x 17 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Burnaby May Day held in Robert Burnaby Park. Children are wearing white dresses and gathered around several may poles set up on a large field during the Burnaby May Day celebrations. The May pole on the left side of the photograph is surrounded by young girls in Girl Guide uniforms. A…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
Series
Burnaby Girl Guides scrapbooks and photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ;11.5 x 17 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Burnaby May Day held in Robert Burnaby Park. Children are wearing white dresses and gathered around several may poles set up on a large field during the Burnaby May Day celebrations. The May pole on the left side of the photograph is surrounded by young girls in Girl Guide uniforms. A large crowd is gathered and is looking on.
Subjects
Events - May Day
Names
Girl Guides of Canada
Geographic Access
Robert Burnaby Park
Accession Code
BV015.35.240
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
May 26, 1928
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Lakeview-Mayfield Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
January 4, 2021
Scale
100
Photographer
Lloyd, Frank Ernest
Notes
Title based on content of photograph
Type script in white on bottom of photograph reads: "Burnaby May Day / 26. 5.28 / Lloyd Studio / McKay B.C."
Stamp in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "Lloyd's Studio / 3966 Kingsway / McKay, B.C. Calr. 343R2"
Photograph is a part of scrapbook (page 25) "Burnaby Girl Guides. -- [1914]-1969, predominant ca. 1920" (BV.015.35.164)
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Vera Armstrong scrapbook

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1960-1970 (date of original), copied 2016
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 scrapbook (2 digital files : (pdf) + 58 photographs : col. (tiffs) + 58 photographs)
Scope and Content
File consists of images of a scrapbook that was created by Vera Armstrong during her involvement with the Burnaby Girl Guides. The scrapbook is composed mostly of photographs along with a few newspaper clippings, correspondence and ephemera about Guiding and camps. Both originals and copies of than…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
Series
Burnaby Girl Guides scrapbooks and photographs series
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 scrapbook (2 digital files : (pdf) + 58 photographs : col. (tiffs) + 58 photographs)
Scope and Content
File consists of images of a scrapbook that was created by Vera Armstrong during her involvement with the Burnaby Girl Guides. The scrapbook is composed mostly of photographs along with a few newspaper clippings, correspondence and ephemera about Guiding and camps. Both originals and copies of thank you letters from various organizations regarding donations are included. Much of the photograph collection is described as outings and events such as; hiking on Burnaby Mountain, visiting a sheep farm in Ladner, Stanley Park, Wilson Creek and camps with various themes, a Powell Church service, a Winter Camp and a visit to the Parthenon in West Vancouver (built by resident Nick Kogo in the 1960s and demolished or moved sometime in the 1990s).
Creator
Armstrong, Vera
Subjects
Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs
Names
Galbraith, Eleanor Lois
Girl Guides of Canada
Armstrong, Vera
Accession Code
BV015.35.158
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
1960-1970 (date of original), copied 2016
Media Type
Photograph
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of file
Digital images were created of the scrapbook prior to selective retention of original records that were removed for conservation purposes
Three photographs from scrapbook have been retained and described at item level (BV015.35.189, BV015.35.190 and BV015.35.255)
Other photographs have been retained under file BV015.35.158 (no item level descriptions)
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