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Claude Hill in front of log pile

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1897]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 9.6 x 7.1 cm mounted on cardboard 14.9 x 12.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a large stack of wood prepared for a bonfire on a hill. The bonfire stack is towering over a man who stands in front of it with his arms crossed and wearing a hat. There is a house seen in the background to the left of the photograph. The photograph is identified by the acquisition…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 9.6 x 7.1 cm mounted on cardboard 14.9 x 12.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a large stack of wood prepared for a bonfire on a hill. The bonfire stack is towering over a man who stands in front of it with his arms crossed and wearing a hat. There is a house seen in the background to the left of the photograph. The photograph is identified by the acquisition record and inscription on the back as Queen Victoria's Jubilee bonfire. There is a discrepancy in the records as to who the man is. Some have identified him as Bernard Hill, others, as Mr. L.C. Hill. An annotation on th back of the photo reads, "1897/ Queen Victorias Jubilee/ Bonfire prepared by Mr LC Hill/ just above what is now Deer/ Lake Ave and below the/ present Centennial Pavilion."
Subjects
Celebrations - Jubilee
Geographic Access
Deer Lake
Accession Code
HV973.40.2
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1897]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Related Material
For another photograph of the bonfire prepared by L. C. Hill, see photograph HV976.139.49
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-05-09
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Woman wearing jewelry

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1510
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[between 1880 and 1895]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 18.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph is a studio portrait of an unidentified young woman with her curly hair put up and decorated with a round hair pin in the front. She is wearing a white blouse with high neck, and is wearing a brooch shaped like a tuning fork or a wishbone and has a pendent around her neck.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 18.5 cm
Material Details
printed on the card mount, recto, l.r. "Steele & Co./ LTD/ Winnipeg & Calgary"
The photograph is printed in an oval shape, and mounted on a card supplied by the photo studio. There are scribbles on verso of cardboard.
Scope and Content
Photograph is a studio portrait of an unidentified young woman with her curly hair put up and decorated with a round hair pin in the front. She is wearing a white blouse with high neck, and is wearing a brooch shaped like a tuning fork or a wishbone and has a pendent around her neck.
Subjects
Adornment - Jewelry
Clothing
Accession Code
BV985.5886.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[between 1880 and 1895]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2024-02-27
Photographer
Steele & Co.
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Woman with glasses on her dress

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription416
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[189-]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 15.24 x 20.32 cm oval mounted on matt 20 x 15 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of an unidentified woman taken in a photographic studio. She has grey hair that is tied back, and wears turn of the century period dress, dark coloured with pleats on the chest and lace trimming at the neck. She has a brooch at her neck, and on her right chest, there is her glasses hangi…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 15.24 x 20.32 cm oval mounted on matt 20 x 15 cm
Material Details
inscribed in pencil on the card mount, verso, u.l. "2144 Osler"
Photograph is cut into an oval shape and mounted on a thick brown card
Card is stained throughout
Scope and Content
Photograph of an unidentified woman taken in a photographic studio. She has grey hair that is tied back, and wears turn of the century period dress, dark coloured with pleats on the chest and lace trimming at the neck. She has a brooch at her neck, and on her right chest, there is her glasses hanging by a clip or a pin. She is wearing chains or rosary around her neck.
Subjects
Adornment - Jewelry
Accession Code
HV983.42.156
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[189-]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-12-05
Images
Less detail