"Burnaby Historical Society" found 16 records

Broadview School

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 16.5 x 21.2 cm on 24.5 x 29.5 cm backing

Scope and Content: Photograph of a class of approximately fifty-three children and two teachers outside the newly built Broadview area school. This was the first class photograph at the Broadview School. This shool was later replaced by the Schou Street School and the building was used as a community centre.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Margaret McCallum subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 16.5 x 21.2 cm on 24.5 x 29.5 cm backing

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 375-012

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1986-42

Scope and Content: Photograph of a class of approximately fifty-three children and two teachers outside the newly built Broadview area school. This was the first class photograph at the Broadview School. This shool was later replaced by the Schou Street School and the building was used as a community centre.

Subjects: Occupations - Teachers; Buildings - Schools

Names: Schou Street School

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Gilmore Avenue; Grandview Highway; Canada Way

Street Address: 4054 Norfolk Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Cascade-Schou Area

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Burnaby Lake Store

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1911] (date of original), copied ca. 2004

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 21 x 26 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of two unidentified men standing outside the Burnaby Lake Store on Douglas Road and Sperling Avenue (old street naming system, this portion of Douglas Road is now Canada Way).

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1911] (date of original), copied ca. 2004

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 21 x 26 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 475-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2005-7

Scope and Content: Photograph of two unidentified men standing outside the Burnaby Lake Store on Douglas Road and Sperling Avenue (old street naming system, this portion of Douglas Road is now Canada Way).

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - General Stores

Names: Burnaby Lake Store

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Douglas Road; Canada Way; Sperling Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

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Burnaby Lake Store, [1911] (date of original), copied ca. 2004 thumbnail

Burnaby's first Public School

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: February 1894 (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 school officials standing on the steps of the first public school in Burnaby, Douglas Road and Edmonds Street. Left to right: William McDermott (school trustee), Ethel Lepage (first teacher), Lancelot Grimmer (school trustee), and Bernard Hill (school board chairman and secretary). Th…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: February 1894 (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.: 204-740

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of school officials standing on the steps of the first public school in Burnaby, Douglas Road and Edmonds Street. Left to right: William McDermott (school trustee), Ethel Lepage (first teacher), Lancelot Grimmer (school trustee), and Bernard Hill (school board chairman and secretary). The school was called Burnaby School from 1894 to 1896, and then East Burnaby School from 1896 to 1907. The present day address of the site is 7376 Canada Way.

Subjects: Officials; Occupations - Teachers

Names: Burnaby School; Grimmer, Lancelot; Hill, Bernard R.; Lepage, Ethel; McDermott, William

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Canada Way

Street Address: 7376 Canada Way

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Edmonds Area

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Burnaby's first Public School, February 1894 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Douglas Road, Burnaby

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1908]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8.8 x 14 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard taken looking northwest along Douglas Road (now Canada Way) near Stanley Street. Two unidentified people are standing next to a wooden fence running alongside the road (above Lubbock's Creek) and a number of houses (including the Sprott house) are visible in the background. To…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1908]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8.8 x 14 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 449-009

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard taken looking northwest along Douglas Road (now Canada Way) near Stanley Street. Two unidentified people are standing next to a wooden fence running alongside the road (above Lubbock's Creek) and a number of houses (including the Sprott house) are visible in the background. To the right is Burnaby Lake. Stamped at the top of the postcard is "Douglas Road, Burnaby / New Westminster BC."

Subjects: Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Documentary Artifacts - Postcards; Geographic Features - Roads

Media Type: Photograph

Geographic Access: Douglas Road; Stanley Street; Canada Way; Deer Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Lakeview-Mayfield Area

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Douglas Road School

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1911 and 1919]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Douglas Road School, taken from a distance, and including the two large trees in the front playing field.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1911 and 1919]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Disney family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 325-037

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1996-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of Douglas Road School, taken from a distance, and including the two large trees in the front playing field.

Subjects: Buildings - Schools

Names: Douglas Road School

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Disney, John Harold "Jack"

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Canada Way

Street Address: 4861 Canada Way

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

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Douglas Road School

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1911 and 1919]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 12.5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the back of Douglas Road School, and the back field.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1911 and 1919]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Disney family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 12.5 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 325-038

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1996-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of the back of Douglas Road School, and the back field.

Subjects: Buildings - Schools

Names: Douglas Road School

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Disney, John Harold "Jack"

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Canada Way

Street Address: 4861 Canada Way

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

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Edmonds parade

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: November 27, 2003

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 23 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photographs of the first Edmonds Christmas parade as it was seen travelling down Edmonds Street between Canada Way and Mary Avenue on November 27, 2003. Photographs show parade floats and groups walking in the parade with signs and costumes.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: November 27, 2003

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pixie McGeachie subseries

Physical Description: 23 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm

Description Level: File

Record No.: 460-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS2004-02

Scope and Content: Photographs of the first Edmonds Christmas parade as it was seen travelling down Edmonds Street between Canada Way and Mary Avenue on November 27, 2003. Photographs show parade floats and groups walking in the parade with signs and costumes.

Subjects: Holidays - Christmas; Events - Parades; Transportation - Parade Floats

Media Type: Photograph

Geographic Access: Edmonds Street; Mary Avenue; Canada Way

Planning Study Area: Edmonds Area

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Edmonds parade, November 27, 2003 thumbnail

Hill family

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [189-] (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 Bernard Hill (centre) and Gerry Hill (right) on the Bernard Hill family veranda. The three women are unidentified.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [189-] (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.: 204-794

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Bernard Hill (centre) and Gerry Hill (right) on the Bernard Hill family veranda. The three women are unidentified.

Names: Hill, Bernard R.; Hill, Minard Gerald "Gerry"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Canada Way

Street Address: 4990 Canada Way

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

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Hill family, [189-] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Pontifex family home

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1913 (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 the Robert Pontifex family home on Douglas Road. Robert and his wife, Beatrix Pontifex, had seven children: Vivien, Helen, Bob, Audrey, Barbara, Basil, and Hugh. Robert built this house with the help of Bernard Hill. The site of this house is now bounded by Century Park Way, Gilpin …

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1913 (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.: 204-200

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Robert Pontifex family home on Douglas Road. Robert and his wife, Beatrix Pontifex, had seven children: Vivien, Helen, Bob, Audrey, Barbara, Basil, and Hugh. Robert built this house with the help of Bernard Hill. The site of this house is now bounded by Century Park Way, Gilpin Street and Canada Way, and became the site of City Hall.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Canada Way

Street Address: 4949 Canada Way

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

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Pontifex family home, 1913 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Rayside Drive and Canada Way

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 2002

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : colour ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph shows truck driving along Canada Way just past the Rayside Drive intersection.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 2002

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : colour ; 10 x 15 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 442-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph shows truck driving along Canada Way just past the Rayside Drive intersection.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Roads

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph.

Geographic Access: Canada Way; Rayside Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

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Rayside Drive and Canada Way

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 2002

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col.; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of vehicle traffic along Canada Way just past the Rayside Drive intersection.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 2002

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col.; 10 x 15 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 442-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of vehicle traffic along Canada Way just past the Rayside Drive intersection.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Roads; Transportation - Trucks

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph.

Geographic Access: Canada Way; Rayside Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

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Schou Education Centre

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 2002

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15.1 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Schou Education Centre on Canada Way. This was formerly the Schou Street School (1914-1979). In 1980 it re-opened as a staff training centre for School District No. 41.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 2002

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15.1 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 440-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Schou Education Centre on Canada Way. This was formerly the Schou Street School (1914-1979). In 1980 it re-opened as a staff training centre for School District No. 41.