"Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection" found 415 records

Werner (Ollie) Ohl with 1223 tram

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1985 - 1995]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Werner (Ollie) Ohl stands on the left side of the photo with his left foot on the bottom step leading up to the door of the 1223 tram, which is to the right, at the Burnaby Village Museum.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Werner (Ollie) Ohl stands on the left side of the photo with his left foot on the bottom step leading up to the door of the 1223 tram, which is to the right, at the Burnaby Village Museum.

History: Werner (Ollie) Ohl (1925-2014) was born in Germany, moving to Canada at age 4 in around 1930. He grew up on the property located at 2833 Laurel Street in Burnaby. The property had turkeys and cows, etc. and was close to Tommy Irvine's house. He attended Douglas Road School. He served in WWII and married Shirley Cole (donor) in 1949. He worked with BC Electric right out of the army, first driving the trams until they stopped running then he drove buses and then in 1962, he worked in the rail yard. The couple moved to Coquitlam in the 1950s and had four daughters. Werner (Ollie) was a volunteer who worked on the restoration of the 1233 Interurban on display at the Burnaby Village Museum.

Names: Ohl, Werner "Ollie"

Accession Code: BV019.22.4

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1985 - 1995]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 18-Mar-19

Scale: 96

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Werner (Ollie) Ohl with 1223 tram, [1985 - 1995] thumbnail

Wheels of the CP 5900

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [after 1929]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of wheels and corresponding mechanisms on Canadian Pacific Railway locomotive no. 5900 (no. 5900 was built in 1929).

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of wheels and corresponding mechanisms on Canadian Pacific Railway locomotive no. 5900 (no. 5900 was built in 1929).

Subjects: Transportation - Locomotives; Transportation - Rail

Names: Canadian Pacific Railway Company

Accession Code: BV985.6114.19

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [after 1929]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-03-12

Notes: Title based on note written on verso of photograph; Handwritten note in black ball-point pen on verso of photograph reads: "Power - a CP 5900 class"; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "831F"

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Wheels of the CP 5900, [after 1929] thumbnail

White Rock Train Station

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1926 and 1930]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 13.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two men sitting on either side of two young women on a baggage cart on the Great Northern Station platform in White Rock. Tom Irvine is kneeling behind the group. The railway station building behind them has a sign that reads, "White Rock." The women are dressed in the same dresses an…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 13.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two men sitting on either side of two young women on a baggage cart on the Great Northern Station platform in White Rock. Tom Irvine is kneeling behind the group. The railway station building behind them has a sign that reads, "White Rock." The women are dressed in the same dresses and shoes, as if in a troop or club. The men sitting next to them are in suits, the man on the left is wearing a hat and tie with a vest or light sweater under his jacket. The man on the right is without a hat and has his jacket open and has a long tie.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Train Stations

Names: Irvine, Tom

Accession Code: HV975.33.3ad

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [between 1926 and 1930]

Media Type: Photograph

Arrangement: Image from personal photograph album of Tom Irvine (Tommy Irvine).

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2/2/2010

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; The man on the left and the woman on the left also appear in photograph HV975.33.3ay

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White Rock Train Station, [between 1926 and 1930] thumbnail

William and Annie Mawhinney

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1930-1940

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph: b&w ; copy print.

Scope and Content: William and Annie Mawhinney, pose for a portrait at Woodward's photo studio. William is wearing a striped suit with a white shirt and patterned tie. Annie is wearing a dark jacket over a patterned blouse. She wears pearl earrings and necklace. They both wear glasses.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph: b&w ; copy print.

Material Details: "Woodward's Photographic Studio /Unretouched/ Proof"

Scope and Content: William and Annie Mawhinney, pose for a portrait at Woodward's photo studio. William is wearing a striped suit with a white shirt and patterned tie. Annie is wearing a dark jacket over a patterned blouse. She wears pearl earrings and necklace. They both wear glasses.

History: William and Annie Mawhinney were prominent fruit farmers in the Buckingham area of Burnaby.

Other Title Information: title based on content of photograph

Names: Mawhinney, Annie Josephine Sutcliff; Mawhinney, William Alexander

Accession Code: BV016.48.68

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1930-1940

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 10-Apr-18

Photographer: Photo Studio Woodwards Ltd.

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William and Annie Mawhinney, 1930-1940 thumbnail

William and Annie Mawhinney outside of their home.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1915-1930

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph: b&w ; copy scan ; 8 cm x 5.5 cm.

Scope and Content: Back porch of the W. A. Mawhinney house at the corner of Canada Way and Pitts Street. Presumably William and Annie standing in photograph. William is at the bottom of the stairs and Annie at the top of the stairs. A curtain shades the porch.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph: b&w ; copy scan ; 8 cm x 5.5 cm.

Scope and Content: Back porch of the W. A. Mawhinney house at the corner of Canada Way and Pitts Street. Presumably William and Annie standing in photograph. William is at the bottom of the stairs and Annie at the top of the stairs. A curtain shades the porch.

History: This home was built by Captain William J. Eyres. In 1912, it was reported in The British Columbian: “Captain Eyres of Seattle is remodelling the front of his house on Douglas Road and otherwise improving it.” The house was later sold to William A. Mawhinney, who subsequently built houses at 6011 Buckingham Avenue and 7616 Burris Avenue.

Other Title Information: title based on content of photograph

Accession Code: BV016.48.63

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1915-1930

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 10-Apr-18

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William and Annie Mawhinney outside of their home., 1915-1930 thumbnail

Windsor Street School students

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1937]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.5 x 15 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of students from grades one and three at Windsor Street School sitting and standing in four rows in front of the school with their teacher, Miss L. M. Hazlett who stands at the back row on the far left. Also in the back row are; Edward Burl, Donald Hawkin, Ian Dunbar and Jim McClosky. S…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.5 x 15 cm

Material Details: Photograph has scalloped edges

Scope and Content: Photograph of students from grades one and three at Windsor Street School sitting and standing in four rows in front of the school with their teacher, Miss L. M. Hazlett who stands at the back row on the far left. Also in the back row are; Edward Burl, Donald Hawkin, Ian Dunbar and Jim McClosky. Standing in the second row are; Donald McDonald, Bruce Dean, Freddie Bond, Charles Farren, Charles Howes, Russel Millar, Harley Cash, David Penzer, Gordon Williams and Gordon Thornhill. Standing in the third row are; Arthur Sellars, Neil McKinnon, Billy Langford, Teddy Galbraith, Peggy Harrington, Birnie Reid, Elenor (last name unknown), Bessie McMurray, Rosanne Fraser, Marjorie (last name unknown and Betty (last name unknown). Sitting in the front row are; Flora Lawrie, Gwennie Owen, Sandra (last name unknown), Ella Beatty, unidentified, Elsie Williamson, Dagney (last name unknown), unidentified, unidentified and unidentified.

Subjects: Occupations - Teachers

Names: Windsor Street School; Hazlett, Miss L. M.; Burl, Edward; Hawkin, Donald; Dunbar, Ian; McClosky, Jim; McDonald, Donald; Dean, Bruce; Bond, Freddie; Farren, Charles; Howes, Charles; Millar, Russel; Cash, Harley; Penzer, David; Williams, Gordon; Thornhill, Gordon; Sellars, Arthur; McKinnon, Neil; Langford, Billy; Galbraith, Teddy; Harrington, Peggy; Reid, Birnie; McMurray, Bessie; Fraser, Rosanne; Lawrie, Flora; Owen, Gwennie; Beatty, Ella; Williamson, Elsie

Geographic Access: Imperial Street

Street Address: 6166 Imperial Street

Accession Code: BV005.35.8

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1937]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Windsor Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 11-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "Left to Right Gr 1+3/ 1st R. Miss L. M. Hazlett, Edward Burl, Donild [sic] Hawkin, Ian Dunbar, Jim McClosky / 2nd R. Donild [sic] McDonild [sic], Bruce Dean, Freddie Bond, Charels [sic] Faren [sic], Charels [sic] Howes, Russel Millar, Harley Cash, David Penzer (arm), Gordon Williams, Gordon Thornhill / 3rd R. Arthur Sellars, Neil McKinnon, Billy Langford, Teddy Galbraith / 4th Girls Peggy Harrington, Birnie Reid, Elenor [torn]/ Bessie McMurray, Rosanne Fraser, Marjorie [torn] Betty Per[torn] / 5 R. Flora Lawrie, Gwennie Owen, Sandra [torn]/ myself, [illegible name], Elsie Williamson, Dagney B[cut off]"; Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "WINDSOR ST. SCHOOL Gr. 1+3 1937?

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Windsor Street School students

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1938]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.5 x 15 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of students from grades three and four at Windsor Street School sitting and standing in five rows in front of the school building. Sitting in the front row (from left) are; David Penzer (grade three), Clifford Spraule (grade three), Alex Decker, Wilfred Bjorvick (grade three), Mike Kozak…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.5 x 15 cm

Material Details: Photograph has scalloped edges

Scope and Content: Photograph of students from grades three and four at Windsor Street School sitting and standing in five rows in front of the school building. Sitting in the front row (from left) are; David Penzer (grade three), Clifford Spraule (grade three), Alex Decker, Wilfred Bjorvick (grade three), Mike Kozak, Arthur Sellars (grade three) and Charles Farren (grade three). Sitting in the second row are; Sheila Stockley (grade three), Gloria Frezen, Sandra MacKenzie (grade three), Merle Armstrong, Peggy Harrington, Elsie Williamson, Betty Cox (grade three), Dagney Bjorvick, Joyce Langford (grade three), Barbara Bagley (grade three) and Margaret McConnle (grade three). Standing in the third row are; Douglas Jackson (grade three), Charles Homes (grade three), Thelma Renas, Marjorie Bjorvick, Bessie McMurray, Ella Beatty, Rosanne Fraser, Rose Cox (grade three), Jessie Penzer (grade three), Trudie Bapp (grade three) and Betty Perdue. Standing in the fourth row are; Bill McDougal, Ronnie Kirkpatrick (grade three), Raymond Renas, Bill Stinson (grade three), Harley Cash (grade three), John Adams (grade three), Gordon Williams (grade three), Roy Donelly (grade three) and Jack Gray (grade three). Standing in the back row are; George Baker, Gordon Thornhill, Tom Dunbar, Neil McKinnon (grade three) and Maurice Baker (grade three).

Names: Windsor Street School; Penzer, David; Spraule, Clifford; Decker, Alex; Bjorvick, Wilfred; Kozak, Mike; Sellars, Arthur; Farren, Charles; Stockley, Sheila; Frezen, Gloria; MacKenzie, Sandra; Armstrong, Merle; Harrington, Peggy; Williamson, Elsie; Cox, Betty; Bjorvick, Dagney; Langford, Joyce; Bagley, Barbara; McConnle, Margaret; Jackson, Douglas; Homes, Charles; Renas, Thelma; Bjorvick, Marjorie; McMurray, Bessie; Beatty, Ella; Fraser, Rosanne; Cox, Rose; Penzer, Jessie; Bapp, Trudie; Perdue, Betty; McDougal, Bill; Kirkpatrick, Ronnie; Renas, Raymond; Stinson, Bill; Cash, Harley; Adams, John; Williams, Gordon; Donelly, Roy; Gray, Jack; Baker, George; Thornhill, Gordon; Dunbar, Tom; McKinnon, Neil; Baker, Maurice

Geographic Access: Imperial Street

Street Address: 6166 Imperial Street

Accession Code: BV005.35.9

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [1938]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Windsor Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 11-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "WINDSOR ST. SCHOOL Gr. 3 + 4 1938 ?"; Numbers written in black ink on recto identify the students; Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "1 David Penzer* 2 Clifford Spraule* 3 Alex Decker 4 Wilfred Bjorvick* 5 Mike Kozak 6 Arthur Sellars* 7 Charles Farren [sic]* 8 Sheila Stockley* 9 Gloria Frezen 10 Sandra MacKenzie* 11 Merle Armstrong 12 Peggy Harrington 13 Elsie Williamson 14 Betty Cox*/15 Dagney Bjorvick / 16 Joyce Langford* 17 Barbra Bagley* 18 Margaret McConnle* 19 Douglas Jackson* 20 Charles Hames* 21 Thelma Renas 22 Marjorie Bjorvick 23 Bessie McMurray 24 Ella Beatty 25 Rosanne Fraser 26 Rose Cox* 27 Jessie Penzer* 28 Trudie Bapp* 29 Betty Perdue 30 Bill McDougal 31 Ronnie Kirkpatrick* 32 Raymond Renas 33 Bill Stinson* 34 Harley Cash* 35 John Adams* 36 Gordon Williams* 37 Roy Donelly* 38 Jack Gray* 39 George Baker 40 Gordon Thornhill/41 Tom Dunbar 42 Neil McKinnon* 43 Maurice Baker* Grade 3 + 4 Grade 3 marked by *"

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Windsor Street School students

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1939 or 1940]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.5 x 15 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of students from grades five and six at Windsor Street School sitting and standing in five rows in front of the school building with their teacher, Miss Padgett. Sitting in the front row (from left) are; Clifford Jones, Ole Stanley (grade five), Teddy Galbraith, David Penzer (grade five)…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.5 x 15 cm

Material Details: Photograph has scalloped edges

Scope and Content: Photograph of students from grades five and six at Windsor Street School sitting and standing in five rows in front of the school building with their teacher, Miss Padgett. Sitting in the front row (from left) are; Clifford Jones, Ole Stanley (grade five), Teddy Galbraith, David Penzer (grade five), John Adams (grade five), Gordon Thornhill, Neil McKinnon and Gene Lawrence. Sitting in the second row are; Dagney Bjorvick, Dora Ciccone, Peggy Harrington, Rosanne Fraser, Verna Irvine, Mollie Johnson, Dorothy Russle (grade five), Elsie Williamson and Sandra MacCarthy. Standing in the third row are; Jeanette Cruikshank, Betty Perdue, Leona Milne, Elleanor Thompson, Thelma Butler, Margaret (last name unknown), Phyllis (last name unknown), Daphne Northly, Flora Lawrie, Sheila Stockley (grade five) and Sandra McKenzie (grade five). Standing in the fourth row are; Miss Padgett (teacher), Ella Beatty, Bessie McMurray, May Tilke, Howard Kid, Walter Lee (grade five), Raymond Westley, Ian Dunbar and Wendell Boyce (grade five). Standing in the back row are; Stanley Pilkington, Donald McDonald (grade five), Donald Hockin (grade five), Bob Underhill, Alex Decker, Mike Kozak, Charles Farren (grade five), George Baker and Douglas (last name unknown) (grade five).

Subjects: Occupations - Teachers

Names: Windsor Street School; Jones, Clifford; Stanley, Ole; Galbraith, Teddy; Penzer, David; Adams, John; Thornhill, Gordon; McKinnon, Neil; Lawrence, Gene; Bjorvick, Dagney; Ciccone, Dora; Harrington, Peggy; Fraser, Rosanne; Irvine, Verna; Johnson, Mollie; Russle, Dorothy; Williamson, Elsie; MacCarthy, Sandra; Cruickshank, Jeanette; Perdue, Betty; Milne, Leona; Thompson, Elleanor; Butler, Thelma; Northly, Daphne; Lawrie, Flora; Stockley, Sheila; McKenzie, Sandra; Padgett, Miss; Beatty, Ella; McMurray, Bessie; Tilke, May; Kid, Howard; Lee, Walter; Westley, Raymond; Dunbar, Ian; Boyce, Wendell; Pilkington, Stanley; McDonald, Donald; Hockin, Donald; Underhill, Bob; Decker, Alex; Kozak, Mike; Farren, Charles; Baker, George

Geographic Access: Imperial Street

Street Address: 6166 Imperial Street

Accession Code: BV005.35.10

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [1939 or 1940]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Windsor Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 11-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "WINDSOR ST. SCHOOL Gr. 6 1939-40?"; Numbers written in black ink on recto identify the students; Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "1. Clifford Jones 2 Ole Stanley* 3 Teddy Galbraith 4 David Penzer* 5 John Adams* 6 Gordon Thornhill 7 Neil McKinnon 8 Gene Lawrence 9 Dagney Bjorvick 10 Dora Ciccone 11 Peggy Harrington 12 Rosanne Fraser 13 Verna Irvine 14 Mollie Johnson 15 Dorothy Russle / 16 Elsie Williamson 17 Sandra McCarthy 18 Janette [sic] Cruikshank /19 Betty Perdue 20 Leone Milne 21 Elleanor Thompson 22 Thelma Butler 23 Margaret [illegible] 24 Phyllis [illegible] 25 Daphne Northly/ 26 Flora Lawrie 27 * Sheila Stockley 28 * Sandra McKenzie 29 Miss Padgett 30 Ella Beatty 31 Bessie McMurray 32 May Tilke / 33 Howard Kid 34 Walter Lee * 35 Raymond Westley 36 Ian Dunbar 37 Wendell Boyce * 38 Stanley Pilkington 39 Donald * McDonald 40 Donald Hockin * 41 Bob Underhill 42 Alex Decker 43 Mike Kozak 44 Charles Farren* 45 George Baker 46 Douglas [illegible]* / [written sideways] This picture was taken in grade 6 - Some are grade 5 Gr. 5 marked with * "

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Windsor Street School students, [1939 or 1940] thumbnail

Woman and her dog

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [193-?] (date of original), copied 1977

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of an elderly woman standing beside a small dog (terrier) in a garden. She is wearing short sleeved shirt, and a skirt with two front pockets. An annotation on the back of the photo reads: "Mother. / Not Burnaby picture."

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of an elderly woman standing beside a small dog (terrier) in a garden. She is wearing short sleeved shirt, and a skirt with two front pockets. An annotation on the back of the photo reads: "Mother. / Not Burnaby picture."

Subjects: Animals - Dogs

Accession Code: HV977.99.9

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [193-?] (date of original), copied 1977

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-07-11

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Woman and her dog, [193-?] (date of original), copied 1977 thumbnail

Woman at interurban station

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [ca. 1930]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content: Item is a photograph of a young woman standing outside an interurban station.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content: Item is a photograph of a young woman standing outside an interurban station.

Subjects: Transportation - Electric Railroads

Accession Code: BV015.4.1

Date: [ca. 1930]

Media Type: Photograph

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Woman in a fur stole

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [193-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 14.4 x 8.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a middle aged woman in an evening dress with a cap and a fur stole around her shoulders. She is standing outside on paved sidewalk nearby a hedge. There is a building roof visible just over the hedge. The area behind her appears to be an empty field. The location is not identified.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 14.4 x 8.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a middle aged woman in an evening dress with a cap and a fur stole around her shoulders. She is standing outside on paved sidewalk nearby a hedge. There is a building roof visible just over the hedge. The area behind her appears to be an empty field. The location is not identified.

Accession Code: HV983.42.91

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [193-]

Media Type: Photograph

Related Material: For another photograph of the woman in fur stole, see HV983.42.92

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-09-26

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Woman in a fur stole

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [193-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 8.6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a middle aged woman in a fur stole. She is wearing an evening dress with a cap and a fur stole around her shoulders. The woman is turned half way to show her back and sides, and is standing outside on paved walkway nearby a house/building. A building post and roof are visible through…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 8.6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a middle aged woman in a fur stole. She is wearing an evening dress with a cap and a fur stole around her shoulders. The woman is turned half way to show her back and sides, and is standing outside on paved walkway nearby a house/building. A building post and roof are visible through hedge-like vegetation on the side. The location is not identified.

Accession Code: HV983.42.92

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [193-]

Media Type: Photograph

Related Material: For another photograph of the woman in fur stole, see HV983.42.91

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-09-26

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Women in the living room

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [193-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.8 x 9.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified woman sitting on a chair with a book on her lap in a living room. The living room is decorated with chairs, tables, house plants and lamps. Another woman who appears older than the seated woman is standing by a piano to the left of the photograph. There is a furnace b…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.8 x 9.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified woman sitting on a chair with a book on her lap in a living room. The living room is decorated with chairs, tables, house plants and lamps. Another woman who appears older than the seated woman is standing by a piano to the left of the photograph. There is a furnace behind the woman, and area rugs on the floor. The woman's clothing style date this photograph to mid 1900s, as she is wearing a skirt that goes down to her knees.

Subjects: Furniture

Accession Code: HV983.42.95

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [193-]

Media Type: Photograph

Related Material: For another photograph taken in the same house, see HV983.42.94

Scan Resolution: 800

Scan Date: 2023-10-31

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Women in the living room, [193-] thumbnail

Work group from the Bay

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1920 and 1930]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of staff who worked at the "Mirror Room" which was the dressmaking department at "The Bay" department store. Flossie Parsons (nee Smith) is identified in the third row, third person from the left.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of staff who worked at the "Mirror Room" which was the dressmaking department at "The Bay" department store. Flossie Parsons (nee Smith) is identified in the third row, third person from the left.

History: Flossie Maude Parsons (nee Smith) was born to George Henry Smith, a farm labourer, and Harriet Ann Savage on February 13, 1896 in Ealing, England. She immigrated to Canada with some of her family members in the early 1920s. They lived in Winnipeg for a few years as an older brother had settled there in 1912. She married Herbert Russell Parsons on June 23, 1928. They first lived in Vancouver and finally bought a home at 7091 Jubilee Avenue, South Burnaby in the early 1930s. In 1943, Flossie was certified in Home Nursing. Herbert Parsons was active during the Second World War as a volunteer for Civil Defence in Burnaby and worked as a salesman for Woodwards. The couple had no children. Herbert passed away on May 23rd, 1957 (age 84) and Flossie passed away on April 6, 1996 (age 100).

Other Title Information: Title based on content of photograph

Names: Parsons, Flossie Maude Smith

Accession Code: BV017.38.12

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [between 1920 and 1930]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Date: 26-Mar-2018

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Work group from the Bay, [between 1920 and 1930] thumbnail

Yerba Buena to Oakland

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1939]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the original Eastern span of San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (built in 1936) taken from Treasure Island. The bridge was constructed in five phases: first the East Span, followed by the tunnel through Yerba Buena Island, and then the West span. This was followed by the I-80 West Appro…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the original Eastern span of San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (built in 1936) taken from Treasure Island. The bridge was constructed in five phases: first the East Span, followed by the tunnel through Yerba Buena Island, and then the West span. This was followed by the I-80 West Approach and on- and off-ramps, and finally, the Transbay Terminal in San Francisco.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Bays; Structures - Bridges

Accession Code: BV985.6114.128

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1939]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-04-02

Notes: Title based on note written on verso of photograph; Handwritten note in black ball-point pen on verso of photograph reads: "Yerba Beuna to Oakland"; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "653 F"; Handwritten note in pencil on verso of photograph crosses out "53" and reads: "41"

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