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Working on an Austin 7

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1933 and 1940]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w copy negative ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a man working on a Austin 7 (looks to be the 1933 model). He is standing in overalls with a cloth in his hand, holding the passenger side door open. There is a tire on the ground at his feet.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1933 and 1940]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Kay North subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w copy negative ; 35 mm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 269-003

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1991-38

Scope and Content: Photograph of a man working on a Austin 7 (looks to be the 1933 model). He is standing in overalls with a cloth in his hand, holding the passenger side door open. There is a tire on the ground at his feet.

Subjects: Transportation - Automobiles

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Wreckage of plane crash

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1932]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.8 x 12 cm on page 17.5 x 26.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the wreckage of a small airplane crash on a frozen lake near Quesnel. Smoke can be seen rising from the fuselage and a great deal of damage is apparent. The aircraft belonged to well-known B.C. aviator, Ginger Coote.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1932]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Peers family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.8 x 12 cm on page 17.5 x 26.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-166

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of the wreckage of a small airplane crash on a frozen lake near Quesnel. Smoke can be seen rising from the fuselage and a great deal of damage is apparent. The aircraft belonged to well-known B.C. aviator, Ginger Coote.

Subjects: Accidents; Transportation - Air; Natural Phenomena - Snow

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

Images

Wreckage of plane crash, [1932] thumbnail

Wright boys

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1935

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 brothers Dick Wright (left) and Jack Wright (right). Dick and Jack were the sons of Joseph Wright and Wilhelmina Wright and lived on Pender Street in Vancouver Heights. Dick later went on to become the principal of Hillside Secondary School in West Vancouver.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1935

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.: 204-264

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of brothers Dick Wright (left) and Jack Wright (right). Dick and Jack were the sons of Joseph Wright and Wilhelmina Wright and lived on Pender Street in Vancouver Heights. Dick later went on to become the principal of Hillside Secondary School in West Vancouver.

Names: Wright, Dick; Wright, Jack

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Wright family home

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930] (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 Wright family home at 3935 Pender Street. This was the home of Joseph "Joe" Wright and his wife Wilhelmina "Mina" Wright. Note vegetable garden to the right with a greenhouse.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930] (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.: 204-263

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Wright family home at 3935 Pender Street. This was the home of Joseph "Joe" Wright and his wife Wilhelmina "Mina" Wright. Note vegetable garden to the right with a greenhouse.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Pender Street

Street Address: 3935 Pender Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Willingdon Heights Area

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Wright family home, [1930] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Wrigley's Official Arrow City map of Greater Vancouver and New Westminster

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1936

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 map : blueprint ink on paper ; 60 x 85 cm folded to 25 x 11 cm in cover

Scope and Content: Item is Wrigley's Official Arrow City map of Greater Vancouver and New Westminster, published by Roy Wrigley Printing & Publishing Co. Ltd. in Vancouver. Map includes a street index of "Vancouver and [the] Lower Mainland." The maps shows main streets, bus lines, interurban lines, street car lines a…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1936

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Ephemera subseries

Physical Description: 1 map : blueprint ink on paper ; 60 x 85 cm folded to 25 x 11 cm in cover

Material Details: Scale : 1 inch = 3000 feet; Cover is in col. and is attached to corner of map

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 42693

Accession Number: BHS1986-43

Scope and Content: Item is Wrigley's Official Arrow City map of Greater Vancouver and New Westminster, published by Roy Wrigley Printing & Publishing Co. Ltd. in Vancouver. Map includes a street index of "Vancouver and [the] Lower Mainland." The maps shows main streets, bus lines, interurban lines, street car lines and numbers.

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Notes: Interior map is entitled "Wrigley's NEW Map of Vancouver and Lower Mainland"

Yale Creek

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.9 x 11.5 cm on page 17.4 x 26 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Yale Creek. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the later 1920s.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Peers family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.9 x 11.5 cm on page 17.4 x 26 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-066

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of Yale Creek. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the later 1920s.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Creeks

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

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Yale Creek

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12 cm on oage 17.4 x 26 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Yale Creek; a dry creek bed with a large tree lying across it. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the later 1920s.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Peers family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12 cm on oage 17.4 x 26 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-068

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of Yale Creek; a dry creek bed with a large tree lying across it. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the later 1920s.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Creeks; Plants - Trees

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

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Yale Creek - The Falls and Vicinity

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.8 x 8.8 cm on page 17.4 x 26 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified man standing on a rock near the waterfalls. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the later 1920s.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Peers family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.8 x 8.8 cm on page 17.4 x 26 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-067

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified man standing on a rock near the waterfalls. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the later 1920s.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Waterfalls

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

Images

Yale Creek - The Falls and Vicinity, [1930] thumbnail

Yeichi Nimura with Lisan Kay

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1937

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 p.

Scope and Content: Item is a small poster for a dance performance by the famous Japanese dancer Yeichi Nimura and his partner Lisan Kay at the Empire Theatre on Tuesday, March 2, 1937 with Herbert Carlin as pianist.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1937

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Ephemera subseries

Physical Description: 1 p.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 42713

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Item is a small poster for a dance performance by the famous Japanese dancer Yeichi Nimura and his partner Lisan Kay at the Empire Theatre on Tuesday, March 2, 1937 with Herbert Carlin as pianist.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Transcribed title

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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Yerba Buena to Oakland, [1939] thumbnail

Young man standing outside

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930] (date of original), copied [2000]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a young man leaning against the steps of the home at 510 North Boundary Road. The man is unidentified.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930] (date of original), copied [2000]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 407-010

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of a young man leaning against the steps of the home at 510 North Boundary Road. The man is unidentified.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Young man standing outside, [1930] (date of original), copied [2000] thumbnail

Advisement from Attourney General re Shooting in Burnaby's Park

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 56045

Meeting Date: 14-Jul-1930

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 56045

Meeting Date: 14-Jul-1930

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 56045

14-Jul-1930 Meeting Minutes

Land Sales series

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1968-2003

Collection/Fonds: Legal Department fonds

Description Level: Series

Scope and Content: Series consists of records created during the land sale process coordinated by the City of Burnaby’s Legal Department. Records include: correspondence, memos, agreements, proposals, tenders, bids, reports, receipts for fees paid, registration of sale agreements, Land Title forms, surveys, appraisal…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1968-2003

Collection/Fonds: Legal Department fonds

Series: Land Sales series

Description Level: Series

Scope and Content: Series consists of records created during the land sale process coordinated by the City of Burnaby’s Legal Department. Records include: correspondence, memos, agreements, proposals, tenders, bids, reports, receipts for fees paid, registration of sale agreements, Land Title forms, surveys, appraisals, estimates, legal opinions, as well as maps and other cartographic material.

History: In 2017, responsibility for City land sales was transferred to Realty and Lands.

Media Type: Textual Record

Mabel Hawkshaw records series

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1888-1976, predominant 1925-1931

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Description Level: Series

Physical Description: 17.5 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: Series consists of business and personal records of Mabel Hawkshaw including correspondence, notes, reports and literary works. The majority of business records refer to Mabel's work as as Censor of Moving Pictures in British Columbia (1928-1931). Other records include correspondence in her capaci…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Series: Mabel Hawkshaw records series

Description Level: Series

Physical Description: 17.5 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: Series consists of business and personal records of Mabel Hawkshaw including correspondence, notes, reports and literary works. The majority of business records refer to Mabel's work as as Censor of Moving Pictures in British Columbia (1928-1931). Other records include correspondence in her capacity as chairperson of Burnaby's First May Day in 1925, correspondence regarding the Hawkshaw property on Lasqueti island, a few pieces of family correspondence and examples of literary works published in "The Periscope" magazine under her pen name "Percy Egerton Sterling" as well as a copy of "The Covenant Clarion" with an article Mabel wrote titled "An Acient Lineage".