"Burnaby Historical Society" found 726 records

All-Stars soccer team

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930 or 1931] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.5 x 5.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the All-Stars soccer team made up of students from Gilmore Avenue, Kitchener Street and Capitol Hill Schools. The location of the photograph is unknown.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930 or 1931] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.5 x 5.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-189

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the All-Stars soccer team made up of students from Gilmore Avenue, Kitchener Street and Capitol Hill Schools. The location of the photograph is unknown.

Subjects: Sports - Soccer; Sports - Team Sports

Names: Capitol Hill School; Gilmore Avenue School; Kitchener Street School

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast

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All-Stars soccer team, [1930 or 1931] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Anderson 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 Anderson family home at 4127 McGill Street in North Burnaby. The house was built ca. 1923.

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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.: 204-034

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Anderson family home at 4127 McGill Street in North Burnaby. The house was built ca. 1923.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: McGill Street

Street Address: 4127 McGill Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

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

Andrew Sloane Johnson graduates

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36324

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 22.5 x 17.5 cm (sight) in frame 14.5 x 31.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Andrew Sloane Johnson taken in a photographic studio on the occasion of his graduation. He is wearing a robe overtop of a tweed suit and is holding a rolled diploma in his hand.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Andrew Johnson subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 22.5 x 17.5 cm (sight) in frame 14.5 x 31.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 244-008

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1990-10

Scope and Content: Photograph of Andrew Sloane Johnson taken in a photographic studio on the occasion of his graduation. He is wearing a robe overtop of a tweed suit and is holding a rolled diploma in his hand.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Portraits

Names: Johnson, Andrew Sloane

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Andrew Sloane Johnson graduates, [1930] thumbnail

Annie King

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37758

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1939] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.8 x 2.6 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Annie King in the frontyard at 4242 Grange Street (old numbering), the King family home.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1939] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.8 x 2.6 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.4 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-346

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Annie King in the frontyard at 4242 Grange Street (old numbering), the King family home.

Names: Ellis, Annie King

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast

Geographic Access: Grange Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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Annie King, [1939] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Annie King at a dance

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37725

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [ca. 1938] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.9 x 2.6 cm print on contact sheet 20.4 x 26.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Annie King, seated at a table, at a social dance at St. John the Divine Anglican Church on Kingsway.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [ca. 1938] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.9 x 2.6 cm print on contact sheet 20.4 x 26.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-313

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Annie King, seated at a table, at a social dance at St. John the Divine Anglican Church on Kingsway.

Subjects: Furniture

Names: Ellis, Annie King

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast

Geographic Access: Kingsway; Westminster Avenue

Street Address: 3891 Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Garden Village Area

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Annie King at a dance, [ca. 1938] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Annie King in her graduation dress

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37723

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1937] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.9 x 2.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.4 x 26.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Annie King in her graduation dress, with her father at the back of the family home at 4242 Grange Street family home.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1937] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.9 x 2.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.4 x 26.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-311

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Annie King in her graduation dress, with her father at the back of the family home at 4242 Grange Street family home.

Names: Ellis, Annie King

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast

Geographic Access: Grange Street

Street Address: 4242 Grange Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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Annie King in her graduation dress, [1937] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Arnold Rypdal

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36846

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1930 (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.6 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Arnold Rypdal his dog, Molly, with some type of game.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1930 (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.6 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 315-304

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1994-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of Arnold Rypdal his dog, Molly, with some type of game.

Subjects: Animals - Dogs; Armament - Firearms; Recreational Activities - Hunting

Names: Rypdal, Arnold

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Big Bend Area

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Arnold Rypdal, 1930 (date of original), copied 1992 thumbnail

At the park

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36914

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [193-?] (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.7 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of young people posed for a group picture in a park. They appear to be dressed alike and may be golf caddies. This picture may have been taken in either Vancouver or Coquitlam.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [193-?] (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.7 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 315-372

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1994-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of young people posed for a group picture in a park. They appear to be dressed alike and may be golf caddies. This picture may have been taken in either Vancouver or Coquitlam.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Parks

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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At the park, [193-?] (date of original), copied 1992 thumbnail

A.W. MacLeod Cottage

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34882

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1935] (date of original), copied 1985

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.2 x 17.4 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the A.W. MacLeod cottage at 6466 Deer Lake Drive. An annotation on the back of the photograph describes it as 6450 Deer Lake Drive. An automobile is parked in front of the house.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1935] (date of original), copied 1985

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.2 x 17.4 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 152-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1985-24

Scope and Content: Photograph of the A.W. MacLeod cottage at 6466 Deer Lake Drive. An annotation on the back of the photograph describes it as 6450 Deer Lake Drive. An automobile is parked in front of the house.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Cabins; Transportation - Automobiles

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Drive

Street Address: 6466 Deer Lake Drive

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

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A.W. MacLeod Cottage, [1935] (date of original), copied 1985 thumbnail

Banks family home

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37498

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1933 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.7 x 4.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Banks family home at the back of the Burnaby Garage at 1812 Britton Street and Kingsway (later renumbered 7383 Britton Street).

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1933 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.7 x 4.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-086

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Banks family home at the back of the Burnaby Garage at 1812 Britton Street and Kingsway (later renumbered 7383 Britton Street).

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses

Names: Burnaby Garage

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying

Geographic Access: Britton Street

Street Address: 7383 Britton Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Stride Avenue Area

Images

Banks family home, 1933 (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Barkerville in the '30s

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34352

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [193-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12 cm on page 17.5 x 26.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the town of Barkerville. Barkerville was a central town during the Cariboo Gold Rush. 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.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [193-]

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 page 17.5 x 26.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-059

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of the town of Barkerville. Barkerville was a central town during the Cariboo Gold Rush. 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 - Cities

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

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Barkerville in the '30s

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [193-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.2 x 12 cm on page 17.5 x 26.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the town of Barkerville. Barkerville was a central town during the Cariboo Gold Rush. Photograph shows the town with a hill being cleared in the background. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the c…

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [193-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Peers family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.2 x 12 cm on page 17.5 x 26.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-060

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of the town of Barkerville. Barkerville was a central town during the Cariboo Gold Rush. Photograph shows the town with a hill being cleared in the background. 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: Land Clearing; Geographic Features - Cities

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

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Barnet School Class

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34290

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930 or 1931]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 12.5 x 17.6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a Barnet School teacher and her class sitting and standing in rows outside the school. Annotation on back of photograph reads, "Barnet School, Barnet BC, 1928", however later information suggests that it is more likely 1930 or 1931.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930 or 1931]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 12.5 x 17.6 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 016-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of a Barnet School teacher and her class sitting and standing in rows outside the school. Annotation on back of photograph reads, "Barnet School, Barnet BC, 1928", however later information suggests that it is more likely 1930 or 1931.

Subjects: Occupations - Teachers

Media Type: Photograph

Geographic Access: Barnet Road; Barnet Village

Street Address: 7820 Barnet Road

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

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Barnet School Class, [1930 or 1931] thumbnail

Baseball Team

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38265

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1933

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 14.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of 16 unidentified men posing for a picture with a trophy and two basball bats arranged on the ground in front of them. The location of the photograph is unknown. This team may have been the Broadview area baseball team known as the Moosomin team that formed in the 1930s.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1933

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Margaret McCallum subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 14.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 375-027

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1986-42

Scope and Content: Photograph of 16 unidentified men posing for a picture with a trophy and two basball bats arranged on the ground in front of them. The location of the photograph is unknown. This team may have been the Broadview area baseball team known as the Moosomin team that formed in the 1930s.

Subjects: Sports - Baseball; Sports - Team Sports; Personal Symbols - Trophies

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph.

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Basil Pontifex

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37919

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1935 and 1939] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.7 x 3.5 cm print on contact sheet 20.7 x 26.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Basil Pontifex at the back of 4006 Douglas Road (old numbering) and Gilpin Street.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1935 and 1939] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.7 x 3.5 cm print on contact sheet 20.7 x 26.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-507

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Basil Pontifex at the back of 4006 Douglas Road (old numbering) and Gilpin Street.

Names: Pontifex, Basil

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast

Geographic Access: Gilpin Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

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Basil Pontifex, [between 1935 and 1939] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Battleship Lake

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription51450

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1938

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8 x 13 cm, mounted on heavy-weight paper 17.5 x 26.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of five of the six members of the small party of City of Courtenay officials and their guides walking along the edge of Battleship Lake. The sixth member is the photographer who took this photograph. This was part of a trip to the Forbidden Plateau on Vancouver Island. In this…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1938

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: George Grant subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8 x 13 cm, mounted on heavy-weight paper 17.5 x 26.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 243-055

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1990-06

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of five of the six members of the small party of City of Courtenay officials and their guides walking along the edge of Battleship Lake. The sixth member is the photographer who took this photograph. This was part of a trip to the Forbidden Plateau on Vancouver Island. In this photograph George A. Grant is leading the group.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Plants - Trees

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Tait, Preston L.

Notes: Title taken from handwritten title on paper mount; Handwritten note on facing page reads: "On our way to Paradise Meadows. The "battleship" is an island in the Lake."; Photographer identifies photograph as no. 923

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BC School Trustees Association

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1931]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 18.5 x 24 cm (sight) in mat 30.5 x 35.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the members of the British Columbia School Trustees Association meeting for their 26th Annual Convention at a courthouse in Vernon. They are standing on the courthouse steps. The Dickson family is standing in the front row on the far left and Harper is standing beside them. The Britis…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1931]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: J.P. Dickson subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 18.5 x 24 cm (sight) in mat 30.5 x 35.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 308-003

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1992-51

Scope and Content: Photograph of the members of the British Columbia School Trustees Association meeting for their 26th Annual Convention at a courthouse in Vernon. They are standing on the courthouse steps. The Dickson family is standing in the front row on the far left and Harper is standing beside them. The British Columbia School Trustees Association was founded in 1905 when 20 school trustees representing eight school boards met at the Vancouver School Board office to discuss common problems and ways to improve public education.