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Polishing Burnaby Fire Truck no. 7
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1603
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- January 1956
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 19.5 x 24 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of firemen (from left) Roy Gaudette, Harvey Merritt, Gordon Williamson, and Ken Bridges polishing Burnaby Fire Truck no. 7 (1955 American LaFrance 710 Empire Triple Combination Pumper) with polishing cloths inside the bay at the fire hall.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 19.5 x 24 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of firemen (from left) Roy Gaudette, Harvey Merritt, Gordon Williamson, and Ken Bridges polishing Burnaby Fire Truck no. 7 (1955 American LaFrance 710 Empire Triple Combination Pumper) with polishing cloths inside the bay at the fire hall.
- Names
- Burnaby Fire Department
- Gaudette, Roy
- Merritt, Harvey
- Williamson, Gordon "Gordie"
- Bridges, Ken
- Accession Code
- BV002.10.1
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- January 1956
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 09-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "..W BURNABY FIRE TRUCK will get lots of attention from firemen / ...at new $26, 000 machine will vastly improve efficiency of department. / ...ry chemical extinguisher, a deluge gun which can throw water 100 feet. / ...lines will allow truck to whip fires with five tons of water per minute. / ...truck the once-over are (from left), Roy Gaudette, 308 Fifteenth / ...arvey Merritt, 2920 Southeast Marine; Gordon Williamson, 430 Graham avenue, and Ken Bridges, 3104 Sixth street." and stamp reads: "Jan 11 1959"
- Note on border of photograph reads: "[vertically] 1956"
- Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "3x/ Burnaby/ fire truck"
Images
Mrs. Thomas Nilan and Steven Nilan
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1612
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1956
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 15.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mrs. Thomas Nilan smiling as she holds her fourteen month old son, Steven, in her arms after rescuing him from a fire in their home. Photograph was published in the Vancouver Daily Province March 8, 1956.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 15.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mrs. Thomas Nilan smiling as she holds her fourteen month old son, Steven, in her arms after rescuing him from a fire in their home. Photograph was published in the Vancouver Daily Province March 8, 1956.
- Names
- Nilan, Steven
- Accession Code
- BV002.22.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1956
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 09-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Photographer
- Cunningham, William "Bill"
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "BRAVE MOTHER Mrs. Thomas Nilan, dashed through smoke-filled suite at 3735 Eton, North Burnaby, Wednesday, to save her 4-month-old son, Steven, who was asleep in a bedroom. The family lost all its possessions, none of which was insured. (Bill Cunningham photo)"
- Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "W. Cunningham Vancouver Daily Province"
Images
![LaFrance Class A Quintuplet, [after 1956] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2000/200200750003.jpg?width=280)
LaFrance Class A Quintuplet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1681
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [after 1956]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph: sepia photocopy ; 10 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby Fire Department's 1956 LaFrance Class A Quintuplet fire truck, considered "five fire trucks in one" because it served as a chemical truck (now a water tank), a hose truck, pumper truck, city service ladder truck and 100 ft aerial ladder truck. Truck no. 8 is parked in front of…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph: sepia photocopy ; 10 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby Fire Department's 1956 LaFrance Class A Quintuplet fire truck, considered "five fire trucks in one" because it served as a chemical truck (now a water tank), a hose truck, pumper truck, city service ladder truck and 100 ft aerial ladder truck. Truck no. 8 is parked in front of fire hall no. 3.
- Names
- Burnaby Fire Department
- Geographic Access
- Marlborough Avenue
- Street Address
- 6511 Marlborough Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV002.75.3
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [after 1956]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Marlborough Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 09-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Typed note on recto of photograph reads: "First in Canada 1956"
- Typed note on verso of photograph reads: "Five fire trucks in one. Chemical -- Now water trank Hose truck. Pumper truck. City service ladder truck. Aerial ladder truck 100 ft."
- Address sticker on verso of photograph reads: "Mr F. Blake 4165 Pandora Street Burnaby, B.C. Canada V5C 2B2"
Images
![LaFrance Class A Quintuplet, [after 1956] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2000/200200750003.jpg)
Burnaby Fire Department's first heavy stream appliance
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1683
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- January 16, 1956
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the demonstration of Burnaby Fire Department's first heavy stream appliance; a 1000 G.P.M. (gallons per minute) nozzle mounted on pumper truck. Fire Chief Menzies is standing on the running board, looking towards Deputy Chief G. Monk and Chief Training Officer Fred Blake who are on th…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the demonstration of Burnaby Fire Department's first heavy stream appliance; a 1000 G.P.M. (gallons per minute) nozzle mounted on pumper truck. Fire Chief Menzies is standing on the running board, looking towards Deputy Chief G. Monk and Chief Training Officer Fred Blake who are on the fire truck, holding on to the machinery (Blake is on the right). Councillor Fred Philps is standing on the ground, smiling, with his hand resting on the truck's ladder.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Fire Fighters
- Officials - Alderman and Councillors
- Transportation - Fire Trucks
- Tools and Equipment
- Accession Code
- BV002.75.5
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- January 16, 1956
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2/12/2010
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Typed note on verso of photograph reads: B.F.D. First heavy stream/ appliance, 1000 G.P.M./ nozzle mounted on pumper./ Can also be removed and/ used from the ground./ Jan. 16, 1956"
- Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "JAN. 16, 1956 / L to R. CHIEF MENZIES DEP. CHIEF G. MONK CHIEF TRAINING OFFICER FRED BLAKE COUNCILLOR FRED PHILPS"
- Address sticker on verso of photograph reads: "Mr F. Blake 4165 Pandora Street Burnaby, B.C. Canada V5C 2B2"
Images
Dominion Bridge Company Twenty-five Year Club Dinner
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1743
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- November 3, 1956
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 23.5 cm, mounted on card 20.5 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Dominion Bridge Company staff gathered together in a hall for the fifth annual Pacific Division Twenty-five Year Club Dinner. Standing in the back row are; T. A. Carter, R. H. Baylis, C. Stromnes, C. Ross, L. H. Daly, B. H. McNamee, J. T. Nelson, C. G. Lewin, R. Butchor, T. White, T. …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 23.5 cm, mounted on card 20.5 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Dominion Bridge Company staff gathered together in a hall for the fifth annual Pacific Division Twenty-five Year Club Dinner. Standing in the back row are; T. A. Carter, R. H. Baylis, C. Stromnes, C. Ross, L. H. Daly, B. H. McNamee, J. T. Nelson, C. G. Lewin, R. Butchor, T. White, T. A. Walker, A. E. Strubin, J. McStay, H. H. McInnes, J. Wilson, T. D. Bate, T. G. Williams, J. Stewart, J. L. Herald (Ex-Montreal), J. A. Daly, J. A. Ross, R. C. Birkinshaw and A. C. Bockus. Kneeling (or sitting in chairs) in the middle row are; P. Pamphlet, J. G. Baxter, W. J. Fyvie, G. V. E. Logan, H. E. Mattson, R. A. McLachlan, Mrs. D. E. White, B. L. Mills, J. C. Swan, R. W. Strachan, E. J. Jarman. Sitting in the front row are; H. V. Appleton, T. J. Duncan, A. Pruden, C. E. Cockriell, H. B. Vicars, J. Jagger, F. Fletcher, R. Smith, A. S. Gentles. J. S. Buckthorp is not pictured.
- Subjects
- Celebrations
- Names
- Dominion Bridge Company
- Carter, Tommy A.
- Baylis, R. H. "Bob"
- Stromnes, C.
- Ross, Clair
- Daly, L. Harry
- McNamee, B. H.
- Nelson, J. Tommy
- Lewin, C. George
- Butchor, Ron
- White, Tom I.
- Walker,T. A.
- Strubin, A. Ed
- McStay, Jack
- McInnes, Harold
- Wilson, Jack
- Bate, Tom D.
- Williams, Tom G.
- Stewart, Jim W.
- Daly, J. Art
- Birkinshaw, R.C. "Reg"
- Bockus, Archie C.
- Pamphlet, J. Piercy
- Baxter, John G.
- Fyvie, W. J. "Bill"
- Logan, Gordon V. E.
- McLachlan, R. Angus
- White, Doris E.
- Mills, B. L.
- Swan, Jim C.
- Strachan, Robert "Bob"
- Jarman, Ernie J.
- Appleton, H. V.
- Duncan, Tommy J.
- Pruden, G. Arthur
- Cockriell, S. Eddie
- Vicars, H. B. "Bert"
- Jagger, Jim
- Fletcher, Frank
- Smith, Ralph
- Gentles, Alan S.
- Accession Code
- BV003.46.10
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- November 3, 1956
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 09-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Photographer
- Graphic Industries Limited
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Printed in border on recto of photograph: "DOMINION BRIDGE COMPANY, LIMITED - VANCOUVER, B. C./ FIFTH ANNUAL 25-YEAR CLUB DINNER (PACIFIC DIVISION), NOVEMBER 3, 1956/ BACK ROW: T. A. Carter, R. H. Baylis, C. Stromnes, C. Ross, L. H. Daly, B. H. McNamee, J. T. Nelson, C. G. Lewin, R. Butchor, T. White, T. A. Walker, A. E. Strubin,/ J. McStay, H. H. McInnes, J. Wilson, T. D. Bate, T. G. Williams, J. Stewart, J. L. Herald (Ex-Montreal), J. A. Daly, J. A. Ross, R. C. Birkinshaw, A. C. Bockus, MIDDLE/ ROW: P. Pamphlet, J. G. Baxter, W. J. Fyvie, G. V. E. Logan, H. E. Mattson, R. A. McLachlan, Mrs. D. E. White, B. L. Mills, J. C. Swan, R. W. Strachan, E. J. Jarman./ FRONT ROW: H. V. Appleton, T. J. Duncan, A. Pruden, C. E. Cockriell, H. B. Vicars, J. Jagger, F. Fletcher, R. Smith, A. S. Gentles. NOT IN PICTURE: J. S. Buckthorp./ ABSENT: D. B. Nelson, D. P. Urry, W. C. Jones, H. E. Foster."
- Photograph mounted on a card provided by the photographic studio
- Photographer's mark on verso of card mount reads: "[Studio logo] / GRAPHIC INDUSTRIES LTD. Vancouver's Most Complete Photographic Service 54 West Hastings, Vancouver 4, B.C. Phone Pacific 4174 File No: [stamped] 9659 6"
Images
![Tom White, Dave Maw, and Bert Vicars, [1956] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2000/200300460012.jpg?width=280)
Tom White, Dave Maw, and Bert Vicars
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1745
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1956]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 7.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Tom White, Dave Maw, and Bert Vicars, three Dominion Bridge Company staff, standing in front of a car that has been parked in front of Dominion Bridge Company's Burnaby Plant.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 7.5 cm
- Material Details
- Photograph has scalloped edges
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Tom White, Dave Maw, and Bert Vicars, three Dominion Bridge Company staff, standing in front of a car that has been parked in front of Dominion Bridge Company's Burnaby Plant.
- Subjects
- Industries - Construction
- Geographic Access
- Henning Drive
- Street Address
- 3880 Henning Drive
- Accession Code
- BV003.46.12
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1956]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- West Central Valley Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 09-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "Tom White / Dave Maw / Bert Vicars"
Images
![Tom White, Dave Maw, and Bert Vicars, [1956] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2000/200300460012.jpg)
![Grade 9, Division 1 class at McPherson Park Junior High School, [1956-1957] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2007/2007_0026_0004_001.jpg?width=280)
Grade 9, Division 1 class at McPherson Park Junior High School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2823
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1956-1957]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Scope and Content
- Photograph: McPherson Park Junior High School, Grade 9, Division 1 class photograph for the 1956 to 1957 school year. The teacher, located on the left of the thrid row from the front, is Mr. Frank Allder.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Scope and Content
- Photograph: McPherson Park Junior High School, Grade 9, Division 1 class photograph for the 1956 to 1957 school year. The teacher, located on the left of the thrid row from the front, is Mr. Frank Allder.
- Accession Code
- BV007.26.4
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1956-1957]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 300
- Scan Date
- 29-Nov-2018
- Scale
- 96
- Notes
- Originally housed in a photographic album
Images
![Grade 9, Division 1 class at McPherson Park Junior High School, [1956-1957] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2007/2007_0026_0004_001.jpg)
![Grade 3, Division 17 class at Gilmore Avenue School, [1956] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2007/2007_0026_0043_001.jpg?width=280)
Grade 3, Division 17 class at Gilmore Avenue School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2862
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1956]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Scope and Content
- Photograph: Gilmore Avenue Grade 3, Division 17 class photograph taken in 1956.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Scope and Content
- Photograph: Gilmore Avenue Grade 3, Division 17 class photograph taken in 1956.
- Accession Code
- BV007.26.43
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1956]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 300
- Scan Date
- 29-Nov-2018
- Scale
- 96
Images
![Grade 3, Division 17 class at Gilmore Avenue School, [1956] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2007/2007_0026_0043_001.jpg)
B.C. Electric Railway no. 1232 coming into New Westminster Depot
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2895
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 12 Feb. 1956
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of B.C. Electric Railway tram no.1232 coming into New Westminster Depot off the Marpole Line. The Mc & Mc store is visible in the background.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of B.C. Electric Railway tram no.1232 coming into New Westminster Depot off the Marpole Line. The Mc & Mc store is visible in the background.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Electric Railroads
- Accession Code
- BV012.36.3
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 12 Feb. 1956
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2022-07-26
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Typewritten text on verso of photograph reads: "BCER #1232 coming into New Westminster Depot / off the Marpole / Line. / Sunday, Feburary 12, 1956"
Images
B.C. Electric Railway tram no. 1216 near Byrne Road stop
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2910
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Oct. 1956
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w print ; 9 x 13.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of B.C. Electric Railway tram no. 1216 approaching a level crossing and the Byrne Road stop on the New Westminster to Marpole line.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w print ; 9 x 13.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of B.C. Electric Railway tram no. 1216 approaching a level crossing and the Byrne Road stop on the New Westminster to Marpole line.
- Accession Code
- BV012.37.8
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- Oct. 1956
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2022-07-26
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Typewritten text on verso of photograph reads: "On a partly foggy and frosty morning of / October 1956, B.C.E.R. #1216, westbound / to Vancouver on theNew Westminster Div - / ision of the Marpole Line pauses at the / Byrne Road Station."
Images
Tram no. 1232 at New Westminster
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1222
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- January 1955
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 14.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of British Columbia Electric Railway Company tram no. 1232 at New Westminster.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 14.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of British Columbia Electric Railway Company tram no. 1232 at New Westminster.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Electric Railroads
- Geographic Access
- New Westminster
- Accession Code
- BV992.23.15
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- January 1955
- 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 1232/ N.W. 1/55"
- Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "BOB WEBSTER/ 9068 - 146th STREET/ SURREY, B.C. CANADA/ 584-9495 V3R 3S8/ RAILROAD PHOTOGRAPHY"
Images
![Fire Prevention Bureau car, [after 1955] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1990/199900550046.jpg?width=280)
Fire Prevention Bureau car
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1497
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [after 1955]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 7.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a 1955 Ford Meteor parked behind a house, near back porch and stairs. "FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU/ B.F.D. [Burnaby Fire Department]" is written on the Meteor's driver's side door.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 7.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a 1955 Ford Meteor parked behind a house, near back porch and stairs. "FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU/ B.F.D. [Burnaby Fire Department]" is written on the Meteor's driver's side door.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Automobiles
- Names
- Burnaby Fire Department
- Accession Code
- BV999.55.46
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Date
- [after 1955]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 09-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Fire Prevention Bureau car, [after 1955] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1990/199900550046.jpg)
Jubilee Avenue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1699
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- May 1955
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 7.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a section of Jubilee Avenue; the entire span of the paved road has been dug up and two trucks are visible driving over the muddy ground.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 7.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a section of Jubilee Avenue; the entire span of the paved road has been dug up and two trucks are visible driving over the muddy ground.
- Geographic Access
- Jubilee Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV004.7.5
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- May 1955
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sussex-Nelson Area
- Related Material
- For another photograph of roadwork scene at Jubilee Avenue, see BV004.7.6
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 09-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "Jubilee Ave/ May 1955"
Images
Jubilee Avenue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1700
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- May 1955
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 7.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a section of Jubilee Avenue; the entire span of the paved road has been dug up and a line of dump trucks are driving over the muddy ground in the distance.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 7.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a section of Jubilee Avenue; the entire span of the paved road has been dug up and a line of dump trucks are driving over the muddy ground in the distance.
- Geographic Access
- Jubilee Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV004.7.6
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- May 1955
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sussex-Nelson Area
- Related Material
- For another photograph of roadwork scene at Jubilee Avenue, see BV004.7.5
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 09-Jun-09
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "At its worst/ Jubilee Ave/ South Burnaby/ May 1955"
Images
Dominion Bridge Company Twenty-five Year Club Dinner
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1751
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- November 5, 1955
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18.5 x 34 cm, mounted on card 20.5 x 35 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Dominion Bridge Company staff gathered together in a banquet hall with carpeted floors for the fourth annual Pacific Division Twenty-five Year Club Dinner. Standing in the back row (l to r) are: Bill Jones, Ron Butchor, Bill Fyvie, Piercy Pamphlet, Reg Birkinshaw, Jim Swan, Lester Hea…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18.5 x 34 cm, mounted on card 20.5 x 35 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Dominion Bridge Company staff gathered together in a banquet hall with carpeted floors for the fourth annual Pacific Division Twenty-five Year Club Dinner. Standing in the back row (l to r) are: Bill Jones, Ron Butchor, Bill Fyvie, Piercy Pamphlet, Reg Birkinshaw, Jim Swan, Lester Heald (Ex Montreal), Harry Daly, Angus McLachlan, Dave Nelson, Doug Urry, Tommy Nelson, Ben McNamee, Tom Bate, Hans Mattson, Archie Bockus. Standing in the third row are: Arthur Pruden, Harry Minshall, Bob Baylis, Tom Williams, Gordon Logan, Frank White (Ex- Winnipeg), Allan Gentles, Ed Stewart (Ex-Winnipeg), John Ross, Tommy Carter, Art Daly, and Clair Ross. Sitting in the third row are: Jack Buckthorp, Frank Fletcher, Ed Strubin, Mrs. Doris White, John Baxter, Ernie Jarman, Jim Jagger and Harold McInnes. Sitting on the floor in the front row are: Bob Strachan, Tommy Duncan, Jim Stewart, Jack McStay, Tom White, Eddie Cockriell, Ralph Smith, George Lewin, Jack Wilson and Bert Vicars. Bert Mills and Chris Stromnes are not pictured.
- Subjects
- Celebrations
- Names
- Dominion Bridge Company
- Jones, W. C. "Bill"
- Butchor, Ron
- Fyvie, W. J. "Bill"
- Pamphlet, J. Piercy
- Birkinshaw, R.C. "Reg"
- Swan, Jim C.
- Heald, J. Lester
- Daly, L. Harry
- McLachlan, R. Angus
- Nelson, Dave B.
- Urry, Doug P.
- Nelson, J. Tommy
- Bate, Tom D.
- Mattson, Hans E.
- Bockus, Archie C.
- Pruden, G. Arthur
- Minshall, Harry H.
- Baylis, R. H. "Bob"
- Williams, Tom G.
- Logan, Gordon V. E.
- White, Frank
- Gentles, Alan S.
- Stewart, Ed
- Ross, John
- Carter, Tommy A.
- Daly, J. Art
- Ross, Clair
- Buckthorp, Jack
- Fletcher, Frank
- Strubin, A. Ed
- White, Doris E.
- Baxter, John G.
- Jarman, Ernie J.
- Jagger, Jim
- McInnes, Harold
- Strachan, Robert "Bob"
- Duncan, Tommy J.
- Stewart, Jim W.
- McStay, Jack
- White, Tom I.
- Cockriell, S. Eddie
- Smith, Ralph
- Lewin, C. George
- Wilson, Jack
- Vicars, H. B. "Bert"
- Accession Code
- BV003.46.18
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- November 5, 1955
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 09-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Printed in border on recto of photograph: "DOMINION BRIDGE CO., LIMITED/ PACIFIC DIVISION"
- Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "Nov. 5/ 1955"
- Printed caption glued to verso reads: "DOMINION BRIDGE COMPANY, LIMITED - Vancouver, B. C. (Pacific Division)/ Fourth Annual 25-Year Club Dinner - November 5, 1955/ Back Row, Left to Right (Standing):/ Bill Jones, Ron Butchor, Bill Fyvie, Piercy Pamphlet, Reg Birkinshaw, Jim Swan,/ Lester Heald (Ex Montreal), Harry Daly, Angus McLachlan, Dave Nelson, Doug Urry,/ Tommy Nelson, Ben McNamee, Tom Bate, Hans Mattson, Archie Bockus./ Third Row, Left to Right (Standing):/ Arthur Pruden, Harry Minshall, Bob Baylis, Tom Williams, Gordon Logan, Frank White,/ Ex- Winnipeg, Allan Gentles, Ed Stewart Ex-Winnipeg, John Ross, Tommy Carter, Art/ Daly, Clair Ross./ Second Row, Left to Right (Seated):/ Jack Buckthorp, Frank Fletcher, Ed Strubin, Mrs. Doris White, John Baxter, Ernie/ Jarman, Jim Jagger, Harold McInnes./ Front Row, Left to Right (seated on Floor):/ Bob Strachan, Tommy Duncan, Jim Stewart, Jack McStay, Tom White, Eddie Cockriell,/ Ralph Smith, George Lewin, Jack Wilson, Bert Vicars./ Absent: Bert Mills, Chris Stromnes."
Images
![class at McPherson Park Junior High School, [1955-1956] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2007/2007_0026_0003_001.jpg?width=280)
class at McPherson Park Junior High School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2822
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1955-1956]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Scope and Content
- Photograph: McPherson Park Junior High School, grade 7 (?), class photograph for the 1955 to 1956 school year. The teacher is located standing at the far right is Mr. Frank Allder. None of the students is identified.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Scope and Content
- Photograph: McPherson Park Junior High School, grade 7 (?), class photograph for the 1955 to 1956 school year. The teacher is located standing at the far right is Mr. Frank Allder. None of the students is identified.
- Accession Code
- BV007.26.3
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1955-1956]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 300
- Scan Date
- 29-Nov-2018
- Scale
- 96
- Notes
- Originally housed in a photographic album.
Images
![class at McPherson Park Junior High School, [1955-1956] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2007/2007_0026_0003_001.jpg)
PCC streetcar number 431
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2880
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 22 Apr. 1955
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w : 9 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of PCC (Presidents' Conference Committee) streetcar 431. The running board reads "14 HASTINGS EAST". There is a bow tie paint job on the front of the car.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w : 9 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of PCC (Presidents' Conference Committee) streetcar 431. The running board reads "14 HASTINGS EAST". There is a bow tie paint job on the front of the car.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Public Transit
- Accession Code
- BV012.18.4
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 22 Apr. 1955
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 13-Mar-2018
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "16th Ave Barns / Friday April 22 1955 / 4:22 AM"
Images
B.C. Electric Railway tram no. 1207 heading west to Marpole
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2901
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1955
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of B.C. Electric Railway tram no. 1207 heading west towards Marpole on a Sunday afternoon in 1955. The Mc & Mc (McLennan & McFeeley) store in New Westminster is visible behind.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of B.C. Electric Railway tram no. 1207 heading west towards Marpole on a Sunday afternoon in 1955. The Mc & Mc (McLennan & McFeeley) store in New Westminster is visible behind.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Electric Railroads
- Accession Code
- BV012.36.9
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1955
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2022-07-26
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Typewritten text on verso of photograph reads: "After threading the cross over from the New / Westminster depot, BCER #1207 heads west / to Marpole on a Sunday after noon in 1955. / #1207 has been brought back from the USA and / is now being refurbished in the POCO garage / of B.C. Transit"
Images
North Burnaby High School Graduates 1954
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription163
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1954
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 36.5 x 58.5 cm mounted on board 76 x 101.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of graduates of North Burnaby High School in 1954 with all names of graduates scripted on mounting board by E.Skrypec. Row 1: L. Fox, S. Johnson, R. Larson, B. Milaney, J. Watson, D. Spring, G. Calder, J. Forester, A. Nash, J. McGiveron, M. Meikle, T. Brooks, J. Meikle, S. Hill, B. Bil…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 36.5 x 58.5 cm mounted on board 76 x 101.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of graduates of North Burnaby High School in 1954 with all names of graduates scripted on mounting board by E.Skrypec. Row 1: L. Fox, S. Johnson, R. Larson, B. Milaney, J. Watson, D. Spring, G. Calder, J. Forester, A. Nash, J. McGiveron, M. Meikle, T. Brooks, J. Meikle, S. Hill, B. Bilson, F. Stewart, M. Slavin, H. Trayling, B. Bourne, M. Mothe, M. Bazylevich, S. Yorston, E. Underwood, S. Sandberg, A. Craig, A. Holzman, M. Cranston, W. Pendygrasse and L. Holland. Row 2: S. Willimas, S. Anderson, G. Burgess, I. Radill, J. Jopling, J. Wong, K. McNicol, D. Gallie, W. Brigden, I. Frank, J. Elliott, P. Wooldard, D. Drummond, E. Murray, K. Nelson, B. Smith, J. Purser, D. Lister, N. Husband, A. Ryder and G. Olafson. Row 3: B. Beaumont, W. Judyski, B. Chamberland, R. Dyck, H. Lunow, R. Morris, N. Trtan, S. Gill, K. Elliott, D. Demchuk, D. Wilson, H. Philbrook, D. Connorton, D. Panton, G. Monk, G. Kubicek, J. Christian, H. Pendygrasse, D. Norman and H. Peterson. Row 4: C. Allen, J. MacDonald, H. Siddoo, G. Boyd, G. Norgard, P. Iannucci, R. McDonnell, B. Mills, R. Ostby, K. Bennett, F. McAuley, G. Topham, G. Clapp, H. Rink, T. Scuffi, B. Dolman, L. Armstrong, W. Cross, E. Matiash and B. Miles. Row 5: V. Cinnamon, T. Saunders, E. Skrypec, S. Bonettemaker, G. Barr, W. Greba, B. Asleson, B. Launder, F. Punko, J. Maxwell, J. McTaggart, D. Allen, W. Plevy, J. Bailey and R. Zacharias.
- Subjects
- Persons - Students
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Events
- Buildings - Schools
- Persons - South Asian Canadians
- Geographic Access
- Pandora Street
- Street Address
- 4375 Pandora Street
- Accession Code
- BV985.30.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1954
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
![Burnaby's first custom built fire truck, [1954] (date of original) thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1990/199800310007.jpg?width=280)
Burnaby's first custom built fire truck
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1298
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1954] (date of original)
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 13 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby's first custom built fire truck, an American LaFrance, twelve cylinder triple combination. It is stationed on a field with trees and mountains in the background.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 13 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby's first custom built fire truck, an American LaFrance, twelve cylinder triple combination. It is stationed on a field with trees and mountains in the background.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Fire Trucks
- Names
- Burnaby Fire Department
- Accession Code
- BV998.31.7
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1954] (date of original)
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 01-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Typed sticker on verso of photograph reads: "Burnaby's first custom built firetruck. 1954 American LaFrance triple combination. 12 cyl."
- Address sticker on verso of photograph reads: "MR & MRS F BLAKE 4165 PANDORA ST BURNABY BC V5C 2B2"
Images
![Burnaby's first custom built fire truck, [1954] (date of original) thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1990/199800310007.jpg)