"Burnaby Village Museum" found 478 records

Three men at site of fire

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1922

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w 5.5 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of three unidentified men (two of them in suits and hats) standing behind charred logs at the site of a previous fire. A house is visible in the background but the location has not been 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 5.5 x 10 cm

Material Details: Photograph was likely taken out of an album as there is black paper residue on its recto

Scope and Content: Photograph of three unidentified men (two of them in suits and hats) standing behind charred logs at the site of a previous fire. A house is visible in the background but the location has not been identified.

Accession Code: BV999.55.25

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: 1922

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 08-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in blue ink on recto of photograph reads: "1922"

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Three women

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [October 1925 or 1929]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 13.2 x 8.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of three unidentified women taken in a photographic studio. The older woman is sitting on a chair in the front, and is wearing light coloured top with beads around her neck, and a long dark skirt that goes down past her calves. The two younger women who appear to be the older …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 13.2 x 8.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of three unidentified women taken in a photographic studio. The older woman is sitting on a chair in the front, and is wearing light coloured top with beads around her neck, and a long dark skirt that goes down past her calves. The two younger women who appear to be the older woman's daughters are in knee length dresses of polka dot patterns and mary jane shoes and are standing by the woman.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Postcards

Accession Code: HV984.51.50

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [October 1925 or 1929]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-10-31

Photographer: Gale's Studios

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Printed on the back of the postcard paper: "Gale's Studios, / Branches in all Towns."; Stamped on the back of the photograph: "Oct 1929 [or 1925]."

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Three women, [October 1925 or 1929] thumbnail

Tom Irvine and friends

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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 standing on either side of a woman in front of the Central Hotel in White Rock, BC. There is an open touring car behind the people. Sign on the second floor of the hotel, in the background that reads: “CENTRAL HOTEL / MEALS / AND / ROOMS / S& P ELSEY PROPS”. There is another s…

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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 standing on either side of a woman in front of the Central Hotel in White Rock, BC. There is an open touring car behind the people. Sign on the second floor of the hotel, in the background that reads: “CENTRAL HOTEL / MEALS / AND / ROOMS / S& P ELSEY PROPS”. There is another sign directly behind the people. The first line of the sign reads: “_TAGE DEPOT” (STAGE DEPOT). Other signs on the front of the hotel read: “CENTRAL HOTEL DINING ROOM / AFTERNOON TEAS& REFRESHMENT” and “CENTRAL HOTEL”. There are two awnings with “CENTRAL HOTEL” on the front edges

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Hotels and Motels

Accession Code: HV975.33.3ay

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [between 1926 and 1930]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2/2/2010

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; For related images see: HV975.33.3ad

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Tom Irvine and friends, [between 1926 and 1930] thumbnail

Towing a Dodge coupe

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [after 1924]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 7.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a Dodge coupe convertible on a snow covered slope with an unidentified man pulling on ropes by the rear wheel and another man at the driver's side. Together, the men are attempting to tow the car up the slope.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 7.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a Dodge coupe convertible on a snow covered slope with an unidentified man pulling on ropes by the rear wheel and another man at the driver's side. Together, the men are attempting to tow the car up the slope.

Subjects: Accidents - Automobile Accidents; Natural Phenomena - Snow; Transportation - Automobiles

Accession Code: BV999.55.49

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [after 1924]

Media Type: Photograph

Related Material: For other photographs depicting the retrieval of a damaged car in snow, see BV999.55.47 - .49 They may be of the same or related events.

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 09-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Towing a Dodge coupe, [after 1924] thumbnail

Train stopped at Revelstoke

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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 Canadian Pacific Railway steam locomotive no. 5903 (built in 1929) at Revelstoke with the Columbian Mountain range directly in the background. Steam is blowing out of the train as railway labourers work next to it. An unidentified man in a suit watches the scene from a distance.

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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 Canadian Pacific Railway steam locomotive no. 5903 (built in 1929) at Revelstoke with the Columbian Mountain range directly in the background. Steam is blowing out of the train as railway labourers work next to it. An unidentified man in a suit watches the scene from a distance.

Subjects: Transportation - Locomotives; Transportation - Rail

Names: Canadian Pacific Railway Company

Accession Code: BV985.6114.7

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 contents of photograph; Handwritten note in black ball-point pen on verso of photograph reads: "Revelstoke"; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "032"

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Train stopped at Revelstoke, [after 1929] thumbnail

Tree stump at Willingdon Heights

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1924]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.9 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a woman standing by a giant tree stump in Willingdon Heights. According to an accompanying note prepared by BVM and supported by the inscription on the photograph, the stump was at the southeast corner of Parker Street and Gilmore Avenue in the Willingdon Heights district. It is likel…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.9 x 11.5 cm

Material Details: Annotations on the front of the photograph read: "Gilmour & Parker St South 1924" and "Willingdon Heights." An annotation on the back of the photograph reads, "25 feet at ground level / (A Bingham) March 11 1971." Stamped on the back of the photo: "457."

Scope and Content: Photograph of a woman standing by a giant tree stump in Willingdon Heights. According to an accompanying note prepared by BVM and supported by the inscription on the photograph, the stump was at the southeast corner of Parker Street and Gilmore Avenue in the Willingdon Heights district. It is likely that the woman in the picture is Ada Bingham, wife of Alfred Bingham who took the picture.

Subjects: Plants - Trees

Names: Bingham, Mary Ada "Ada"

Geographic Access: Parker Street; Gilmore Avenue

Accession Code: HV976.46.2

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1924]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Willingdon Heights Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-06-20

Photographer: Bingham, Alfred "Alf"

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Tree stump at Willingdon Heights, [1924] thumbnail

Triple Spring bumper

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1920 and 1938]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an example of a Wagner Triple Spring car bumper propped up on display outside Frank Wagner's blacksmithing shop (along the 4000 block of Kingsway across from the gate to Central Park).

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an example of a Wagner Triple Spring car bumper propped up on display outside Frank Wagner's blacksmithing shop (along the 4000 block of Kingsway across from the gate to Central Park).

Names: Wagner, Frank

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Accession Code: BV992.45.42

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1920 and 1938]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 01-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Triple Spring bumper, [between 1920 and 1938] thumbnail

Two uniformed men driving wagon

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1890-1920

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Two uniformed men driving horse-drawn wagon. Picture taken from front shows three grey horses head-on in harness. Shed or garage in background. Third man in uniform standing behind wagon.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

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

Material Details: "Columbian files 1971" written on verso in black pen.

Scope and Content: Two uniformed men driving horse-drawn wagon. Picture taken from front shows three grey horses head-on in harness. Shed or garage in background. Third man in uniform standing behind wagon.

History: Part of a set of photographs from the Columbian Newspaper, which operated out of New Westminster under this name starting in 1900 until its dissolution in 1988. Photographs found in the collection of the Burnaby Village are dated 1971.

Other Title Information: title based on content of photograph

Accession Code: BV018.19.10

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 1890-1920

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 24-04-2018

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Two uniformed men driving wagon, 1890-1920 thumbnail

Two women at Humewood Drive

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1925]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.99 x 11.43 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two women standing by a tree that is losing its leaves.The women are in long dark dresses with mary jane shoes. Behind them are a row of two storey brick houses. The inscription on the photograph identifies the people as "myself" and her sister Gertee's daughter Ruth or Beth, at her g…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.99 x 11.43 cm

Material Details: inscribed in black ink, verso, c. "myself and/ Gertee's my/ sisters girl/ Ruth [or Beth]. taken/ in my garden/ on/ Humewood/ drive"

Scope and Content: Photograph of two women standing by a tree that is losing its leaves.The women are in long dark dresses with mary jane shoes. Behind them are a row of two storey brick houses. The inscription on the photograph identifies the people as "myself" and her sister Gertee's daughter Ruth or Beth, at her garden on Humewood drive. The location cannot be further verified.

Accession Code: HV983.42.107

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1925]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-11-07

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Two women at Humewood Drive, [1925] thumbnail

Two women at the porch

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [192-?]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.62 x 12.07 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two women standing in front of a porch of a brick building. There are brick pillars and walls visible, but the porch is constructed in wood. The women are standing on the lawn in front of the porch, and they are wearing shirts with long skirts. The woman on the right with grey hair is…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.62 x 12.07 cm

Material Details: The photograph has a decorative border printed around the image.

Scope and Content: Photograph of two women standing in front of a porch of a brick building. There are brick pillars and walls visible, but the porch is constructed in wood. The women are standing on the lawn in front of the porch, and they are wearing shirts with long skirts. The woman on the right with grey hair is wearing a jacket over her shirt.

Accession Code: HV983.42.106

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [192-?]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-11-07

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Two women at the porch, [192-?] thumbnail

Two women in a garden

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1912 and 1925]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.2 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two middle aged women in a garden standing by rose bushes. They are wearing light coloured blouses with long skirts. One of them is wearing a hat. There appears to be a patio or a gazebo in the back behind the women. According to the accession register, the location is at Buena Vi…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.2 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two middle aged women in a garden standing by rose bushes. They are wearing light coloured blouses with long skirts. One of them is wearing a hat. There appears to be a patio or a gazebo in the back behind the women. According to the accession register, the location is at Buena Vista, Burnaby, between 1912 and 1925.

Subjects: Plants - Flowers

Accession Code: HV984.51.18

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1912 and 1925]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Cariboo-Armstrong Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-10-10

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Two women in a garden, [between 1912 and 1925] thumbnail

Union Pacific 5903

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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 Union Pacific locomotive no. 5903 (built in 1929) stopped at a train station in an unidentified location. A roof with a circular sign reading "10" at the right identifies the gate number.

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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 Union Pacific locomotive no. 5903 (built in 1929) stopped at a train station in an unidentified location. A roof with a circular sign reading "10" at the right identifies the gate number.

Subjects: Transportation - Locomotives; Transportation - Rail

Accession Code: BV985.6114.45

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [after 1929]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-03-19

Notes: Title based on note written on verso of photograph; Handwritten note in black ball-point pen on verso of photograph reads: ""Union Pac 3939"; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "641 F"

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Union Pacific 5903, [after 1929] thumbnail

Unveiling of the Memorial Fountain

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: June 17, 1923

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.3 x 18.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the unveiling the First World War memorial fountain at the Municipal Hall, Kingsway and Edmonds Street, on June 17, 1923. It was dedicated to Municipal employees who died in the War. Engraved at the top of the memorial is "[In memory?] of our fellow workers who fell in the war, 1914…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: June 17, 1923

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.3 x 18.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 025-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of the unveiling the First World War memorial fountain at the Municipal Hall, Kingsway and Edmonds Street, on June 17, 1923. It was dedicated to Municipal employees who died in the War. Engraved at the top of the memorial is "[In memory?] of our fellow workers who fell in the war, 1914-1918 / Erected by the Civic Employees Union - Burnaby - 1923." At the right is Dora Wilcox, daughter of Ernest Wilcox who was killed on the Somme in 1916. She unveiled the fountain. Uniformed boys, possibly Boy Scouts, and a bugler are also pictured. In 1974, this memorial was relocated from its original setting to the site of the Burnaby Village Museum on Deer Lake Avenue.

Subjects: Ceremonies; Monuments - War Memorials; Wars - World War, 1914-1918; Fountains

Names: Wilcox, Dora; Burnaby Civic Employees Union; Burnaby City Hall

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Kingsway; Deer Lake Avenue

Street Address: 7282 Kingsway; 6501 Deer Lake Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood); Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Stride Avenue Area; Morley-Buckingham Area

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Unveiling of the Memorial Fountain, June 17, 1923 thumbnail

Wagner blacksmith shop

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [before June 11, 1926]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Wagner blacksmith shop on Kingsway (across from the gate to Central Park). Three men are standing in the doorway below a sign reading "The Wagner Bumper Made Here, Auto springs repaired." The man on the left is holding a bumper in his hands. A car is parked on the right and on the…

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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 x 10.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Wagner blacksmith shop on Kingsway (across from the gate to Central Park). Three men are standing in the doorway below a sign reading "The Wagner Bumper Made Here, Auto springs repaired." The man on the left is holding a bumper in his hands. A car is parked on the right and on the left a sign that reads, "TRIPLE SPRING BUMPER, FOR SALE, MADE TO FIT ANY CAR."

Subjects: Transportation - Automobiles; Buildings - Industrial

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Accession Code: BV992.45.55

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [before June 11, 1926]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 01-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w enlarged copy print accompanying; Postal impression on recto of photograph reads: "Jun. 11/26 Burnaby"; Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "The new Shop / And our little Hall"

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Wagner blacksmith shop, [before June 11, 1926] thumbnail

Wearing snow shoes and a velvet dress

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1912 and 1925]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 7.1 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a woman standing on a snow covered field. There appears to be the woods in the background. The woman is wearing a hat, thick fur lined winter coat over a velvet dress, and is wearing "snow shoes." An annotation on the back of the photograph reads: "Winnie has her snow shoes on and ve…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 7.1 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a woman standing on a snow covered field. There appears to be the woods in the background. The woman is wearing a hat, thick fur lined winter coat over a velvet dress, and is wearing "snow shoes." An annotation on the back of the photograph reads: "Winnie has her snow shoes on and velvet dress." According to the accession register, the location is at Buena Vista, Burnaby, between 1912 and 1925.

Subjects: Natural Phenomena - Snow

Accession Code: HV984.51.25

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1912 and 1925]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Cariboo-Armstrong Area

Related Material: For another print of this image, see HV984.51.26 and .27

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-10-10

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Wearing snow shoes and a velvet dress, [between 1912 and 1925] thumbnail

Welcome Committee for Earl Haig's visit to Burnaby

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [192-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of people gathered along the side of a street in front of the Municipal Hall on Edmonds, with a large sign that reads, "EARL HAIG WELCOME TO BURNABY". The crowd is mostly men in suits, women in dresses and hats, and two girls. There are flags and streamers flying in the backgr…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of people gathered along the side of a street in front of the Municipal Hall on Edmonds, with a large sign that reads, "EARL HAIG WELCOME TO BURNABY". The crowd is mostly men in suits, women in dresses and hats, and two girls. There are flags and streamers flying in the background. According to the accession register, they are the Welcome Committee for the visit of Earl Haig to Burnaby Municipal Hall. Only three people in the photograph have been tentatively identified: In the centre of the picture, directly behind the little girl it appears to be L. Claude Hill and to the right of him, his wife Annie. The third man to the left of Claude Hill appears to be Burnaby Reeve Thomas F. Sanderson. The rest are unknown.

Subjects: Events - Visits of State

Names: Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"; Hill, Annie Sara Kenrick; Burnaby City Hall; Sanderson, Thomas F.

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 7282 Kingsway

Accession Code: BV985.3137.4

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [192-]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Stride Avenue Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-02-02

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

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Welcome Committee for Earl Haig's visit to Burnaby, [192-] thumbnail

Welcome to Burnaby Lord Willingdon

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1928

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby Municipal Hall decorated for the visit of Lord Willingdon in 1928. Along the steps leading to the main entrance are women in ranger uniforms holding Union Jacks on poles. Lord Willingdon and other dignitaries are standing in front of the entrance. The doorway is decorated with…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby Municipal Hall decorated for the visit of Lord Willingdon in 1928. Along the steps leading to the main entrance are women in ranger uniforms holding Union Jacks on poles. Lord Willingdon and other dignitaries are standing in front of the entrance. The doorway is decorated with a sign that reads, "WELCOME TO BURNABY LORD WILLINGDON" There is a woman climbing up the steps towards Lord Willingdon. Lord Willingdon was Canada's Governor General at that time. The photographer is speculated to be Lloyd studio, because of the similarity with the photograph HV977.17.15 of Lord Willingdon's visit by Lloyd studio

Subjects: Officials - Governor Generals; Events - Visits of State

Names: Willingdon, Lord, 1866-1941; Burnaby City Hall

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 7282 Kingsway

Accession Code: BV985.3137.8

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 1928

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Stride Avenue Area

Related Material: For another photograph of the visit of Lord Willingdon at Burnaby Municipal Hall, see HV977.17.15

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-02-02

Photographer: Lloyd, Frank Ernest

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

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Welcome to Burnaby Lord Willingdon, 1928 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 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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